West and Central Africa Small Island Developing States ADAPT – Building resilience of agricultural systems to climate change (Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe)

The programme will promote climate-resilient system that combines the absorptive, adaptive and transformative capacities of social-ecological systems of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and STP. The programme will support agrarian systems to recover from climatic shocks and stresses, while positively withstanding against the effects of climate change. The following three mutually reinforcing components (i) implementation of climate-resilient agricultural practices; (ii) capacity building to sustain project interventions; (iii) monitoringevaluation and learning. Throughout the planning and implementation of each activity within the components, there will be regular sharing of information and experiences with the different stakeholders that are involved in climate resilience in agriculture in Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and STP. This will ensure that lessons are learned as the programme progresses and that each country builds on the experiences and knowledge of each other. Concrete adaptation measures include the adoption of integrated, climate resilient farming, production, water access and use, landscape rehabilitation, post-harvest and marketing systems. New technologies on water through desalinization, will be introduced, as well as best practices aimed at promoting the paradigm shift and behavioral change in the crop, and fishery value chains and increasing linkages to markets.