Research project: Building Research Capacity for Sustainable Water and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
Climate variability impacts on water and food security across African drylands, impacting vulnerable members of society whose livelihoods are highly dependent on subsistence farming and pastoralism, and who are subjected to hydrological hazards. The problem is that there is a lack of locally relevant research and solutions to address these challenges, and there is a lack of a systematic approach to doing this – instead we need to build the partnerships and capacity for future local researchers to solve these challenges.