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Brejo Dois Irmãos is a tiny and isolated community of 200 families in north-east Brazil. It hides a precious treasure: the burití, or “tree of life” in the indigenous Tupi-Guarani language.

Cette année encore, des millions de petits producteurs ont subi les conséquences des changements climatiques et de la COVID19. Nous étions là pour les soutenir à chaque étape.

Les restrictions liée à la COVID ont coupé de nombreux petits producteurs de leurs marchés. Le Mécanisme de relance en faveur des populations rurales pauvres du FIDA (ou RPSF) a aidés ces populations à se remettre sur pied.

"Before, these women were just waiting at home. Now, we are more educated. We are empowered to be more independent," says Ruperta Gagarin, a businesswoman from the Philippines.

The FIDA-MERESE project has helped farmers in the Jequetepeque and Cañete river basins become stewards of the ecosystems on which they depend. 

As changing climates affect farming conditions across the world, how can geospatial and remote sensing tools help IFAD and others decide on where adaptation investments are best needed and what impact these interventions will have?