E. Other research fields (remained 20%)

Includes research into the potential effects of climate change (CC) on food production, hydrological issues and degradation of natural resources, community livelihoods, and the development of strategies to improve and enhance resilience in selected benchmark basins in phase 2 of the program.

The selection criteria for the benchmark basins in Phase 2 of the CPWF program were based on Phase 1 experiences and recommendations from the external evaluation of Phase 1 in 2007. The criteria were as follows:


However, despite not selecting the KRB catchment in the second phase of the CPWF program for various reasons and according to the criteria presented above, the proposed research activities for future research in this basin were presented as follows [18]:

