LARMAT TO HOST "Down2Earth" PROJECT TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

Down2earth project Aims to help rural East African communities adapt to climate change using state-of-the-art predictions of water scarcity and food insecurity. 

A major component of DOWN2EARTH involves improving the accuracy of forecasting climate variability in critical rainy seasons and assessing its impact on the total amount of water stored in soils for agriculture and deeper underground for drinking water supplies.