Agricultural insurance to improve the lives of 47,500 vulnerable households in Mauritania
To strengthen the capacity of Mauritanian smallholder farmers to face the increasingly extreme effects of climate change, such as unpredictable flooding and drought, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and IFAD have launched a new project to reduce the vulnerability of 47,500 households in five wilayas [regions] in the country’s south and east: Brakna, Gorgol, Assaba, Hodh El Gharbi and Hodh Ech Chargui.