To improve adaptive capacity and resilience to current climate variability and change among targeted farmers, agro-pastoralists and pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa. In the target countries, an estimated 30% of Uganda, 50% of Ethiopia, and 75% of Kenya are classed as either arid or semi-arid lands.
The objectives of the ACREI project are in line with the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) programme, and with the overall vision of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET), the inter-governmental body for the development of meteorology and its applications in Africa.