This chapter provides an overview of the region, its current economic situ¬ation, and its vulnerability to climate change. It is designed to provide useful input into the efforts of ECOWAS in developing appropriate policies related to climate for the region. This chapter is followed by one that d...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Faye, MD
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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Sérémé, P
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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[An overview of West African agriculture and climate change]
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An overview of West African agriculture and climate change
This book examins the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable f...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Nelson, Gerald C.
,
Thomas, Timothy S.
,
Zougmoré, Robert B.
,
Roy-Macauley, Harold
,
[West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]
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West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will inc...
Hachigonta, Sepo
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
,
[Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Research Monograph]
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Research Monograph
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Niger that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Hassan Y
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Danguioua, A.
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
,
[West African agriculture and climate change: Niger. Summary note]
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West African agriculture and climate change: Niger. Summary note
Located in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has a long coastline on the Red Sea. The country has varied topography, rainfall, and climate, with altitude ranging from 60 to more than 3,000 meters above sea level. Eritrea’s total population is about 5.27 million people, of whom 50–60 percent live in hig...
Ghebru B
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Araia, W.
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Ogbazghi W
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Gebreselassie M
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Thomas, Timothy S.
,
[East African agriculture and climate change: Eritrea]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Eritrea
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Lesotho that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on South Africa that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Agriculture is the largest sector in the Sierra Leone economy, employing more than 75 percent of labor force and contributing be-tween 35 and 47 percent of GDP. Rice, the staple food crop, is grown mainly by small-scale farmers under rainfed conditions. Transporting produce remains a challenge, a...
Johnson RG
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Johnson RG
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Kandeh M
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Thomas, Timothy S.
,
[West African agriculture and climate change: Sierra Leone. Summary Note]
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West African agriculture and climate change: Sierra Leone. Summary Note
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Zambia that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.