The Pintadas Solar project was conceived as a pilot project with the specific objective of showing that it is possible to improve the agricultural yields of crops grown in northeastern Brazil if small farmers have access to a complete toolkit consisting of efficient irrigation systems, water pumping technologies, fertilizers and adequate technical assistance for local community empowerment. Moreover, as droughts are likely to increase in intensity due to climate change, the project aimed to shown also how small farmers living in dry areas could possibly adapt to climate change impacts. The pilot phase ran from 2006-2008. Objectives: - To develop and test a general prototype project typology for adapting poor communities to climate change impacts with an specific focus on food security in semi-arid regions - Testing appropriated new technological approaches of irrigation for the semi-arid region - Monitoring the social, economic, technical and environmental factors that guarantee the long- term sustainability of the project typology - Developing a replication mechanism for auto- replication and multiplication of the experience within Pintadas, neighboring municipalities and other semi-arid areas of Brazil and possibly the World.