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| Impacts | Adaptation action |
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| Drought | (i) Harvesting of flood water |
| (ii) Early warning systems establishment for droughts |
| (iii) Nutritional and food supplements like school feeding programs |
| (iv) Diversification of livelihoods |
| Flooding | (i) Strategic placement of dykes and dams |
| (ii) Early warning systems establishment for floods |
| (iii) Storm water harvesting and storm waters drainage systems |
| (iv) Riparian areas protection along rivers |
| (v) Insurance cover for losses caused by flooding |
| Food security crops | (i) Climate-smart agriculture |
| (ii) Crop diversification |
| (iii) Farm forestry/agroforestry |
| (iv) Establishing irrigation systems, such as drip irrigation upscaling, and constructing dams for irrigation |
| (v) Drought-tolerant crops |
| (vi) Conservation agriculture and soil and water conservation |
| (vii) Promoting nonrainfed agricultural practices, such as greenhouse farming |
| (viii) Improvement of agricultural extension services |
| (ix) Efficient water-use technologies |
| (x) Climate information services for the local community |
| Livestock | (i) Adopting new techniques for animal husbandry |
| (ii) Proper management of fodder banks, controlled grazing, and pasture lands |
| Fisheries | (i) Fish harvesting |
| (ii) Fish farming |
| Water scarcity | (i) Protection of water catchment areas and springs |
| (ii) Water harvesting |
| (iii) Water storage |
| (iv) Water pans, boreholes, and dams |
| (v) Groundwater management |
| (vi) Water treatment |
| Ecosystem degradation | (i) Protection of wetlands |
| (ii) Water catchment areas restoration |
| (iii) Rehabilitation of degraded rivers |
| (iv) Control of erosion (gabions, terracing) and soil conservation |
| (v) Promotion of the natural resources’ conservation |
| Infrastructure | (i) Infrastructure that are climate proof through use of concrete for roads, bridges, and dykes |
| Health | (i) Promote family planning |
| (ii) Vaccination/immunization campaigns |
| (iii) Mosquito nets |
| (iv) Disease surveillance and reporting |
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