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Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal

Welcome to the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal (A@A-SP)! This portal allows you to explore tried and tested climate change adaptation solutions for mountain regions, see where they have been implemented, and by who. Use the filters and search option below to explore the solutions, or find solutions in your area of interest using the map (coming soon!).

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Increasing agricultural viability and climate resilience through community seed banks in Nepal

Farmers in many regions of Nepal and other parts of the Hindu Kush Himalaya have, over time, had to rely on monocultures of hybrid crop varieties. This increases their dependence on private seed companies and raises their input costs. Hybrid varieties are susceptible to disease and often cannot withstand the vagaries of a changing climate. In response, Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) has established a community seed bank (CSB) at Pingdanda, a village in Sindhupalchok district, Nepal.

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Saving lives and property — The fight against yearly flash floods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: a case study of Pakistan

In the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, there are gaps in relaying early warning information to communities that are most vulnerable which increases potential damage to life and property in case floods or other disasters occur. A properly designed and implemented early warning system can save lives and reduce property loss by increasing the lead time for communities to prepare and respond to floods at the ground level.

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Resilient women for resilient mountain villages: A holistic approach to climate change adaptation in Nepal

How can we enhance the existing adaptive capacities of women farmers to increase their resilience to climate change and potentially deteriorating socioeconomic conditions? The resilient mountain solution’s Resilient Mountain Villages (RMV) is a holistic and integrated approach that offers simple, affordable, and replicable solutions for adaptation and resilience enhancement among vulnerable communities and ecosystems in mountain areas.

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Reviving and sustaining large cardamom production in Nepal

There has been increasing demand for large cardamom in global markets. However, climate change and its impacts have made cardamom farming difficult and expensive. Farmers are facing drought, increase in pests and disease infestation, erratic rainfall patterns, and unpredictable hailstorms and snowfall. Traditional farming methods have not been able to cope with these new challenges and yields have started to decline.

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Solar powered pumps for irrigation in Pakistan

Due to increasingly erratic rainfall, farmers in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, have been struggling to irrigate their farms. While very little can be done to combat erratic and deficit rainfall, scalable and accessible technologies to enhance irrigation can help farmers meet their agricultural water needs. One such example is the solar pump.

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Adapting to dry spells with low-cost ponds in Nepal

Nepal’s Kavre district has been hit hard by climate change and changing rainfall patterns. Changes in rainfall patterns, mainly due to climate change, have caused excess rainfall during monsoons and frequent dry spells for the rest of the year. Over two-thirds of the district’s population depend on agriculture and rely on rainfall for irrigation. A vulnerability assessment study was carried out in three Village Development Committees (VDCs) of Kavre, which revealed that drought and water stress are major challenges faced by farming communities in the district.

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Managing forests for climate resilience in Nepal

Climate change and development activities can be very difficult to reign in, but we can better plan and manage forest ecosystems to strengthen their protection. In Nepal, there is a lack of accurate information on forest degradation and climate change impacts on forest ecosystems – information that is crucial in assisting decision-makers plan and manage forests.

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Going organic for a sustainable future in Kavre, Nepal

Kavre district, in the mid-hills of Nepal, produces large quantities of fresh vegetables which are supplied to the capital Kathmandu. Due to extreme weather conditions, water scarcity, and inconsistent yields, farmers in the district have resorted to excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. However, they soon discovered that this practice did more harm than good. Due to the high chemical residue, vegetable markets, and vendors in Kathmandu banned the sale of vegetables from Kavre.

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