Climate change has become a major concern in African agriculture, with farmers in many places struggling to cope with changing temperatures and rainfall patterns and increased flood and drought risks. For subsistence farmers, especially, these changes pose a serious threat to food security. At th...
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
What is soil? Where does soil come from? What is special about soil in Africa? What does soil provide to society and the environment? How do our activities affect soil? The first ever Soil Atlas of Africa uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to answer and explain these a...
Jones, A.
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Breuning-Madsen H
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Brossard M
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Dampha, A.
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Deckers, J.
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Dewitte, O.
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Gallali T
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Hallett S
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Jones, R.
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Kilasara M
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Le Roux P
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Micheli E
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Montanarella L
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Spaargaren O
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Thiombiano, L.
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Ranst, E, van
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Yemefack M
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Soil Atlas of Africa]
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Soil Atlas of Africa
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.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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[West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]
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West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis
In this section we provide a more in-depth look at the role trees play in the provision of goods and
services in multifunctional landscapes. Tree growth is, however, vulnerable to climate variability,
depending on the physiological properties of the tree and characteristics of the site. A further...
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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Gebrekirstos, Aster
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Muthuri C
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Dawson, I.
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Kindt, Roeland
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Nyberg Y
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Dietz, Johannes
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Bayala, Jules
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Kuyah S
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Ong CK
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Sotelo Montes, Carmen
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Weber, John C.
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Hairiah K
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Trees as providers of environmental services in multifunctional landscapes are vulnerable to climate change]
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Trees as providers of environmental services in multifunctional landscapes are vulnerable to climate change
Mubiru, D.N.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kyazze, F.B.
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Zziwa, A.
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Lwasa, J.
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Kinyangi, J.
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Mungai, C.
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[Climate trends, risks and coping strategies in smallholder farming systems in Uganda]
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Climate trends, risks and coping strategies in smallholder farming systems in Uganda
Perennial horticultural crop production is sensitive to temperature, water availability, solar radiation, air pollution, and CO2. The value of perennial horticultural crops is derived from not only the quantity but also the quality of the harvested product. Perennial crop production is not easily...
Glenn M
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Kim SH
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Läderach, Peter
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[Response of Perennial Horticultural Crops to Climate Change]
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Response of Perennial Horticultural Crops to Climate Change
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
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[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
Discusses biological options available for improvement in the productivity of pastoral systems, particularly referring to problems arising from aridity and under-nutrition, and problems of particular systems such as mortality of young stock, bush encroachment, epidemic diseases and management sys...
We use global value chain (GVC) theory to understand governance of Vietnam’s shrimp farming industry. We describe this GVC as buyer-driven with important food safety standards imposed by governments of importing countries and new certification systems promoted by nongovernmental organizations (NG...
Tran, N.
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Bailey, C.
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Wilson, N.
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Phillips, M.
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[Governance of global value chains in response to food safety and certification standards: the case of shrimp from Vietnam]
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Governance of global value chains in response to food safety and certification standards: the case of shrimp from Vietnam