Lutheran World Relief Partners with the European Union to Assist Vulnerable Farmers in South-Central Niger

The ‘Karko’ Project to Help 7,500 Farm Families Develop Resilience to Climate Change EffectsLutheran World Relief has been awarded $1.8 million from the European Union to carry out a project in Zinder, Niger that will strengthen agriculture productivity and sustainably manage land in order to increase farmers’ resilience to climate change risks. The project, which is called “Karko” after the word for sustainability in the local language, will assist 7,500 rural farm families over 36 months in this region of south-central Niger that has been beset by drought in recent years. Karko will