The global phenomenon of climate change constitutes major threats to Africa (IPCC, 2007). Although the impact of climate change is global, for various reasons including the state of preparedness of the continent, it has been estimated that Africa will be most vulnerable to climate change (Arnell,...
Yatich, T.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Minang, Peter A.
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Wakhayanga J
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[Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies]
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Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies
This paper aims to understand the linkages between adaptive capacity and social protection within agroforestry contexts through a case study approach. It examines how elements of adaptive capacity which include assets, institutions, knowledge, innovation systems and governance, can support or be ...
Chaudhury, M.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Hellin, J.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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[Climate change adaptation and social protection in agroforestry systems: enhancing adaptive capacity and minimizing risk of drought in Zambia and Honduras]
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Climate change adaptation and social protection in agroforestry systems: enhancing adaptive capacity and minimizing risk of drought in Zambia and Honduras
Providing a detailed picture of the values of trees for local people in the tropics is a difficult undertaking. Not only does this represent the difficulty in accounting for values outside formal markets, but it also reflects the multiplicity of the species involved and the many different ways in...
Neufeldt, Henry
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Dawson, Ian K.
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Luedeling, Eike
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Beedy, Tracy
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Gebrekirstos, Aster
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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König, K.
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Simelton, Elisabeth
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Sotelo Montes, Carmen
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Weber, John C.
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[Climate change vulnerability of agroforestry]
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Climate change vulnerability of agroforestry
Malawi is a land-locked country in southern Africa. Three-fourths of Malawi’s 13 million people rely on smallholder agriculture for their livelihoods. Increasing population, accelerating deforestation, poor soil and water management, and increasing poverty and land degradation directly impact the...
Beedy, Tracy
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Kundhlande G
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Chiundu G
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Simons AJ
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[Scaling up agroforestry to achieve food security and environmental protection among smallholder farmers in Malawi]
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Scaling up agroforestry to achieve food security and environmental protection among smallholder farmers in Malawi