Smallholder farmers in drylands will bear the brunt of climate change; they need support.
![Cattle graze in a field in Paiko, Niger State, Nigeria on November 27, 2018 [File: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2018-12-19T000000Z_1563462802_RC1C29AF0C10_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Khalifa Al-Kuwari is the Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development Before joining the fund, he was Qatar Investment Authority’s Executive Di...rector of Joint Venture and International Business, where he managed the investment joint ventures and government-to-government relations.
Smallholder farmers in drylands will bear the brunt of climate change; they need support.
![Cattle graze in a field in Paiko, Niger State, Nigeria on November 27, 2018 [File: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2018-12-19T000000Z_1563462802_RC1C29AF0C10_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)