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Agriculture is essential to the economies of East African countries. Climate change, with its effects on temperature and precipitation, threatens this important economic activity. How to foster agricultural development and food security in East Africa as the effects of climate change become more ...


Waithaka, MichaelNelson, Gerald C.Thomas, Timothy S.Kyotalimye, Miriam[East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. Issue Brief.]East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. Issue Brief.

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, M...


Waithaka, MichaelNelson, Gerald C.Thomas, Timothy S.Kyotalimye, Miriam[East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis

Being a nation of many islands spanning a consider-able range of latitudes, the Philippines is noted for its climatic and ecological diversity. Significant climate differences exist, not least due to the country’s exten-sive coastal exposure and mountainous areas. For these reasons, the impacts o...


Thomas, Timothy S.Pradesha, AngaPérez, Nicostrato D.[Agricultural growth and climate resilience in the Philippines: Subnational impacts of selected investment strategies and policies]Agricultural growth and climate resilience in the Philippines: Subnational impacts of selected investment strategies and policies

The frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones in the Philippines have increased in recent years, with detrimental effects for the economy, socioeconomic welfare, and food security. An archipelago known for its climatic and ecological diversity, the Philippines is strongly affected by the adver...


Thomas, Timothy S.Pradesha, AngaPérez, Nicostrato D.[Agricultural growth, climate resilience, and food security in the Philippines: Subnational impacts of selected investment strategies and policies]Agricultural growth, climate resilience, and food security in the Philippines: Subnational impacts of selected investment strategies and policies

For most countries, high productivity growth in the agricultural sector has been a key driver of structural transformation promoting long-term economic growth. Historically, low agricultural productivity growth has hindered economic growth and employment creation in the Philippines, where agricul...


Rosegrant, Mark W.Pérez, Nicostrato D.Pradesha, AnggaThomas, Timothy S.[The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture]The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture

En las últimas décadas la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe se ha fortalecido, pasando de un 14.7% de población afectada por el hambre en 1990 a un 5.5% en 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), cumpliendo con la meta del hambre de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Sin embar...

In recent decades, food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean has strengthened, decreasing the number of the population affected by hunger from 14.7% in 1990 to 5.5% in 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), meeting the hunger goal of the Millennium Development Goals. However, climate change, ...


Cramer, LauraHuyer, SophiaLavado, AngelaLoboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaMartínez Barón, DeissyNyasimi, MaryThomas, Timothy S.Thornton, Philip K.Etten, Jacob vanWijk, Mark T. van[Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana]Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana

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, SepoNelson, Gerald C.Thomas, Timothy S.Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele[Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Research Monograph]Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Research Monograph

Many projections of the impact of climate change on the crop, livestock and fishery production sectors of African agriculture are reported in the literature. However, they may be arguably too general to understand the magnitude of impact and to inform adaptation strategies and policy development ...


Zougmoré, Robert B.Partey, Samuel T.Ouédraogo, MathieuOmitoyin, BamideleThomas, Timothy S.Ayantunde, Augustine A.Ericksen, Polly J.Said, Mohammed YahyaJalloh, Abdulai[Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors]Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors

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 BAraia, W.Ogbazghi WGebreselassie MThomas, Timothy S.[East African agriculture and climate change: Eritrea]East African agriculture and climate change: Eritrea

Agriculture is the main source of employment and income for southern Africa’s rural population. This crucial economic activity is endangered by climate change. This study, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis, focuses on ways to foster agricultural development...


Hachigonta, SepoNelson, Gerald C.Thomas, Timothy S.Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele[Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Issue Brief]Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Issue Brief

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