Expected climate change might have significant consequences for Sub-Saharan countries (IPCC, 2007). Today approximately 50% of the African population depends on dry-land use on various forms of vegetation cover.

Climate plays a crucial role for land use management, thus climate scenarios for the coming decades on a local scale could decisively help to alleviate these problems by — i) helping individual farmers in adapting their cultivars to maintain productivity and income; ii) upholding the functionality of agroforestry systems in the region; and iii) giving the right directions of the overall planning in the socio-economic development of project countries. The structuring of the entire project into eight subprojects (SP 1-8) follows straightforward reasoning keeping modeling and measurement components as key categories. The systematic sampling grid will be employed to collect the data that are used to feed the scenario model.

Current forms of agriculture and live-stock husbandry practices will be evaluated in the specific regions and confronted with future climate scenario conditions. The integrating expert views will flow into a profound support tool for adaptation of agricultural practices to climate change. The tool will provide the information and practical recommendations for stakeholders for possible scenarios of land-use development.