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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2018-12-19T000000Z_1563462802_RC1C29AF0C10_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Managing Director for Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia (EMEEA) at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2018-12-19T000000Z_1563462802_RC1C29AF0C10_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)