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In Africa, 1 in 4 people face chronic hunger, more than double the world average. Drought alone causes more than 80% of the total damage and losses in agriculture. Rural communities are the solution. We invest in farmers, equipping them with the skills and capacity to adapt to climate change.
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Situation
In Africa, climate-related disasters such as droughts and floods have more than doubled since the early 1990s, harming agricultural productivity and reducing access to food. People in rural communities rely heavily on agriculture, with their well-being closely tied to the natural environment. This means that the 12 million people in communities working with The Hunger Project are extremely vulnerable to weather events, reinforcing the importance of building resilience to climate change.
Solution
To mitigate the effects of climate change on farmers we run Food Security and Agriculture training in rural communities to adopt climate-resilient, sustainable farming practices to enhance agricultural productivity. Across Africa, we create community farms teaching sustainable farming practices such as composting, intercropping and drip irrigation to aid biodiversity, improve crop yields, restore soil fertility and best use scarce resources, to build resilience to climate change.
