APICA - GNB

Agriculture is the primary socio-economic activity in Guinea Bissau with a GDP contribution of more than 50% and employing more than 80% of the active population.
Climate change trends and projections show a rise in temperature, an increase of rainfall variability and a rise in the sea level that will mainly affect coastal areas and impacts its agricultural output.

In the low-laying areas of the north-west regions of Cacheu and Oio, the increase of the mean sea level and decrease of rainfall amounts lead to excessive saline soils bordering the rivers, where rice fields are located in associated mangrove swamps. Furthermore, increasing rainfall variability puts farming communities at even greater risk as they highly depend on natural resources.

The main objective of APICA-GNB is to strengthen agriculture livelihood resilience to climate change for the most vulnerable populations of the Cacheu and Oio regions in the north-western part of Guinea-Bissau.

The specific objectives of the project are:

• Developing the technical and institutional capacity of government and civil society,
• Adapting the water management system to climate risks in coastal areas
• Building farming communities’ resilience to climate change.