This working paper examines the development of regional socioeconomic scenarios for West Africa’s development, agriculture, food security and climate impacts. We present four globally consistent regional scenarios framed and outlined by regional experts who crafted narratives and determined key d...
Palazzo, Amanda
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Rutting, Lucas
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Havlík, Petr
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Aubee, Ernst
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Helfgott, Ariella E.S.
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Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
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Islam, Shahnila
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Segda, Zénabou
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Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
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Bayala, Jules
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Kadi Kadi, Hame A.
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Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Valin, Hugo
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[The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Western Africa: Four socio-economic scenarios]
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The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Western Africa: Four socio-economic scenarios
The sub-Saharan Africa challenge programme is designed to address the problems of failures of agricultural markets, inappropriate policies and natural resource degradation, that contribute to the continuing deterioration of livelihoods and food security in the region. It is seeking to do this by ...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Stroud, A.
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Hatibu, N.
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Legg, C.
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Ly, S.
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Twomlow, Stephen
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Molapong, K.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Kruska, R.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Site selection to test an integrated approach to agricultural research for development: combining expert knowledge and participatory geographic information system methods]
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Site selection to test an integrated approach to agricultural research for development: combining expert knowledge and participatory geographic information system methods
This paper offers an overview of how climate change is already affecting farmers across eastern and southern Africa, and how it will continue to affect them in the future. The rising temperatures and increased rainfall variability associated with climate change are undermining the livelihoods and...
Girvetz, Evan H.
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Claessens, Lieven
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Lamanna, Christine
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Navarro-Racines, Carlos
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Nowak, Andreea
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Future Climate Projections in Africa: Where Are We Headed?]
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Future Climate Projections in Africa: Where Are We Headed?
This Working Paper summarizes projected climate change impacts on livestock across
Africa, using a combination of literature review and some new results on the projected
impacts of climate change on the rangelands of Africa. Findings show that there are
many options that can help livestock keeper...