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The application template can be downloaded here: Project pre-concept form AF 2019 (1).doc

The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN), in its capacity as the accredited National Implementing Entity for the Adaptation Fund (AF) in Namibia, hereby calls for the submission of pre-concepts for proposed climate change adaptation projects to be carried out in Namibia.

The AF finances climate change adaptation projects in the following 9 sectors:

•        Agriculture

•        Coastal Zone Management

•        Disaster Risk Reduction

•        Food Security

•        Forests

•        Multisector Projects

•        Rural Development

•        Urban Development

•        Water Management

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The climate in Donkerbos is characterized by high temperatures, low rainfall and long dry seasons. In recent years, this region has started to have extreme weather events more often than in the past. Last year two of the boreholes in this community have run dry. This is due to climate change, which has caused very bad droughts. Climate change is most worrying for local communities who depend on agriculture for food security and income diversification. The environmental conditions in Donkerbos are desert like, the water table is very deep (mostly deeper than 110m) and groundwater provides the o...