Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions
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The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR), is a five-year research project (March 2014–December 2018) supported by Department for International Development, DFID and the Canadian IDRC (International Development Research Centre) that aimed to improve adaptive livelihoods for vulnerable groups by better understanding the enablers and barriers to widespread and transformative adaptation at multiple governance scales.[1] ASSAR was part of the CARIAA (Collabora ve Adapta on Research Initiative in Africa and Asia) program.[2]
The ASSAR project integrated multidisciplinary scientific research (at the regional and theme levels), capacity building, and stakeholder engagement. to enhance knowledge of the obstacles and facilitators to successful climate adaptation. Research teams will collaborate in multiple South Asian and African nations to produce reliable information that decision-makers and others may utilize to create effective adaptation strategies.[3]
ASSAR works in a regulated format in six countries across West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa as well as three states (Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu) in India, on case-study related research and sought to combine climatic, social, economic and environmental change.[4]