Women-Adapt: Enhancing the climate change adaptive capacity of smallholder farmer communities in the Poro Region, focusing on vulnerable women and youth

About this project

1. The project will strengthen adaptive capacities and enhance the livelihoods’ resilience of women smallholder farmer communities by disseminating a ‘package’ of integrated, gender-transformative solutions identified on the basis of the possible intervention priorities along with strategic approaches described in the pre feasibility study[1] [https://wfp.sharepoint.com/sites/GCFCotedIvoire/Shared%20Documents/General/Concept%20Note%20development/Concept%20Note%20&%20attachments/4.%20Fourth%20submission%20to%20the%20GCF%20(December%202021)/GCF%20SAP-concept-note_Cote%20d'Ivoire_WFP_Revised_November2021_final.docx#_ftn1]. It is structured under three intertwined components that tackle the main climate change hazards affecting Poro Region (droughts, interannual rainfall variability and heavy floods and winds) and the above-mentioned adaptation barriers. The gender-transformative nature of this project revolves around the highly significant participation, awareness, strengthening of skills, leadership and financial capacities of women for all project activities from community to household levels. Households headed by women and women-led FOs will be involved in climate empowerment actions key to the project scope: · Awareness-raising about climate change hazards and impacts to local livelihoods · Participatory mapping of selected climate-resilient measures to address adaptation barriers · Training and capacity-building of adapted livelihoods options, climate risk products and…

Published by

Green Climate Fund · Multilateral

Countries

Côte d’Ivoire

Sectors

BiodiversityMultisector aid for basic social servicesSocial Protection

Focus

Climate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

Green Climate Fund

Implemented by

World Food Programme

Published by Green Climate Fund to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41317-SAP028.

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