Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions

West Africa RDS (Full)

Seed certification and marketing governance in Mali: Do farmers actually benefit?

Edmond Totin discusses why farmers in Mali are not benefiting from recent seed laws that are meant to help them.

Reflecting on our Transformative Scenario Planning Workshop in Ghana

Prosper Adiku and Mary Thompson-Hall reflect on the West Africa's team recent Transformative Scenario Planning workshop, held in the Upper West region of Ghana in early June 2016.

We want sign boards, not fancy toilets!

When doing adaptation work, we should not plan for people.

Addressing gaps in climate communication in West Africa

Adelina Mensah talks about the need to address gaps in climate communication in West Africa.

Training the ASSAR-WA team in Research into Use and Transformative Scenario Planning

The ASSAR Research into Use (RiU) training workshop was organized in Accra, Ghana for the ASSAR West Africa team from the 28th September to 2nd October, 2015.

ASSAR’s West Africa team engages district- and national-level stakeholders in Ghana and Mali

ASSAR’s West Africa team recently held district- and national-level stakeholder engagement events in both Mali and Ghana.

Stakeholder engagement event sparks lively discussions in Mali

In July 2015, members of ASSAR’s West Africa team held a stakeholder engagement event in Koutiala, Mali as the first step of a sequence of multi-scale communication and feedback sessions about their Regional Diagnostic Study

ASSAR in Mali

In the frame of the regional diagnostic study (RDS), Mali’s ASSAR team conducted interviews at both local and national scales.

National and local dynamics to climate change adaptation in Ghana

As part of the West Africa Regional Diagnostic Study, a national expert meeting was held on the 4th of March in Accra to introduce different actors to the ASSAR project and to solicit their opinions on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) for climate change adaptation planning and implementation in Ghana.

Sharing Research Experiences: The CARIAA Ghana example

Prosper Adiku describes how CARIAA's Ghana projects took the opportunity to share their experiences at the recent Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa as part of their research activities.

ASSAR-Ghana student’s scoping visit to the Lawra and Nandom Districts

A look at what the second round of ASSAR Ghana students learnt from a scoping visit to Lawra and Nandom in Ghana.