University Joseph KI-Zerbo (UJKZ), Burkina Faso

Climate Resilience Across the Rural-Urban Continuum

Research project Projected and existing severe impacts of climate change in West Africa’s Sahel interact with high population growth and livelihood insecurity and fragility. The resulting increased mobility and rapid urbanisation further challenge local governments’ ...
Period: 2021-10-1 to 2026-09-30 Countries: Burkina Faso Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Development Studies (UDS), Ghana University Joseph KI-Zerbo (UJKZ), Burkina Faso International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Burkina Faso Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), United Kingdom Project code: 20-11-KU Total grant: 11,983,689 DKK
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Climate Change Resilience of Ecosystem Services

Research project The project ‘Climate Change Resilience of Ecosystem Services (CRES)’ aims to increase foodand income diversity and climate change resilience of agricultural systems in West Africa. The focus is on six highly important, native multipurpose trees (Adan ... First year report: CRES aims to improve and diversify local income potentials in Ghana and Burkina Faso through a selection of best varieties of native tree species, value-added products and innovative marketing. It has a website ( https://cres.gr ...
Period: 2021-04-1 to 2026-03-31 Countries: Burkina Faso Ghana Lead institution: University of Development Studies (UDS), Ghana Partner institutions: University Joseph KI-Zerbo (UJKZ), Burkina Faso Association Ragussi (ARAG), Burkina Faso University Norbert Zongo (UNZ), Burkina Faso Savannah Fruit Company (SFC), Ghana Organisation for Indigenous Initiative and Sustainability Ghana (ORGIIS-GHANA), Ghana B4Trees Aps (B4T), Denmark Stjernekommunikation (STJK), Denmark Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Project code: 20-13-GHA Total grant: 11,999,402 DKK
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