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In October 2016, we published our first theme pack. The topic was adapting to climate change. This month, we’re revisiting that topic and including some new resources. These 14 Resource Pack items and 8 Barza Wire resources represent some of the best resources on climate change that we’ve published over the last eleven years.

Backgrounders and issue packs

Water-efficient gardens: Water is life.

How farmers can adapt to a changing climate

Issue Pack: Awareness of climate change

Interviews

• Farmers cope with drought and climate change in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley
• Raising goats to beat the drought in eastern Kenya
• How Millet Farmers are Adapting to Climate Change in Northern Ghana
• Livestock management practices to cope with climate change
• Forests shall heal the land
• New rice variety for Africa to save wetlands in Uganda
• Growing NERICA is a farming solution for coping with climate change
• Sekedo, a drought resistant sorghum for Karamoja

Drama

Organic fertilizer within easy reach

Broadcaster how-to guide

How to plan and produce effective emergency response programming for farmers

Other

Story ideas on crop storage and climate change

Barza Wire stories

• Mali: Farmers fight drought with hybrid crops
• Mauritania: With drought keeping men on the road, pastoralist women take charge
• Senegal: SMS services and climate training help farmers plan
• Zimbabwe: Seed banks help farmers adapt to climate change
• Niger: Storing crops helps farmers absorb climate shocks
• Guinea: Farmer uses no-till to adapt to changing climate
• Guinea: Intensive charcoal production is accelerating the effects of climate change

Other Barza Wire resources

Climate change in Africa: A guidebook for journalists

Resources in Swahili

Backgrounder : Jinsi wakulima hukabiliana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa

Interview : Jinsi wakulima wa mtama kaskazini mwa Ghana wanavyolima kulingana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa

Resources in Amharic

BH2 : ለአርሶ አደሮች የሚሆን ውጤታማ የዕቅድ አወጣጥ እና የአስቸኳይ ምላሽ ፕሮግራም አዘገጃጀት

Resources in Hausa

Backgrounder : Yanda manoma zasu saje da sauyin yanayi