Improving water and food security for smallholder farmer communities in sub-Saharan Africa through inter-disciplinary research

该项目旨在提高马拉维、肯尼亚和/或加纳的小规模农民对可能威胁其粮食和水安全的自然冲击的复原力。随着气候变化、人口增长以及对食物和水的更多需求，如果要继续发展，就需要加强复原力。理解水和粮食安全与复原力之间的联系是极其复杂的，需要填补知识空白，以便能够实施资源管理实践的政策。将研究如何利用技术和传统管理提高复原力，以及机构在加强粮食和水安全方面所发挥的作用。该项目将是跨学科的，将进行定性和定量研究，尽管前者将是主要使用的。这项研究将与这三个国家的合作者一起进行，他们将能够提供宝贵的当地知识。

This project will aim to improve the resilience of small-scale farmers in Malawi, Kenya and/or Ghana to natural shocks which may threaten their food and water security. With climate change, growing populations and more demand for food and water, resilience needs to be strengthened if development is to continue. Understanding the link between water and food security with resilience is incredibly complex, and knowledge gaps need to be filled so that policies resource management practises can be implemented. The use of technology and traditional management to increase resilience will be studied, as will the role institutions play in strengthening food and water security. This project will be interdisciplinary, with both qualitative and quantitative research being undertaken, though the former will be mostly used. The research will be undertaken alongside collaborators in the three countries, who will be able to provide invaluable local knowledge.