Livelihoods and food security
Food security is a global challenge. According to the World Bank (2008) the current food crisis is said to risk plunging a further 100 million people into poverty. Livelihoods approaches can prove useful for understanding and addressing the multidimensional nature of food security. More..
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- Analysis of climate change impacts on coffee, cocoa and basic grains value chains in northern Honduras
- Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (Institute of Hunger Studies), 2013
- This study examines, applying future climate local scenarios, climate change impacts in northern Honduras and makes recommendations to strengthen the resilience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) &ls...
- A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria
- P. O. Emaziye / Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
- This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for thei...
- Alternative investment strategies for increasing resilience in the Horn of Africa
- D. Headey; A. S. Taffesse; L. You / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
- This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions...
- The poverty and welfare impacts of climate change quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies
- E. Skoufias / World Bank, 2012
- Although poverty remains widespread in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, substantial progress has been made especially in the past three decades. Nevertheless, this report stresses that climate change is likely to reduce agricultural...
- Contributory chapter on agriculture for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- P. Smith; Z. Martino; D. Cai / Cambridge University, 2007
- This contributory chapter of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) outlines the status of climate change mitigation in agriculture and its implications on development...
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