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Adaptation to climate change by small-scale Rooibos tea farmers in Wupperthal and the Suid Bokkeveld areas of the Western and Northern Cape
South South North, 2006The project aims to support small-scale farmers in the project area in their efforts to adapt their farming practices to anticipated climate change and to enhance their incomes.DocumentBridging knowledge gaps between locals and experts through participatory decision making processes to address climate change impacts
South South North, 2006This Pilang project will develop methodologies to facilitate effective communication between local communities and climate, marine and agricultural experts, to generate information regarding climate change vulnerabilities in the coastal area of Pilang. This information will be used to develop adaptation strategies for the target population. The project aims to:DocumentClimate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006This report highlights some of the major impacts of climate change on conservation for East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It also illustrates that climate change in Africa is not only a conservation issue but also a socio-economic one that must be dealt with on a global scale.OrganisationChoices Magazine
Published by the American Agricultural Economics Association, Choices is an online peer-reviewed magazine for readers interested in the policy and management of agriculture, the food industry, naturalOrganisationWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Research organisation based in Kenya promoting agroforestry as a means to address the need for improved food security and increased resources for energy, as well as the need to sustainably manage aDocumentEnvironmental impacts of food production and consumption: final report to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2007This research report aims to inform government policy on the environmental impacts of food consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) whilst providing information on more sustainable food choices that will also be relevant to the food industry and public producers.The review analyses available evidence relating to the environmental impacts that occur in life cycles of a range of food products, in partDocumentAssessing the suitability of the EPIC crop model for use in the study of impacts of climate variability and climate change in West Africa
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2004Scientists of the US Department of Agriculture have developed what is known as the EPIC Crop Model. This model has been successfully applied in the study of erosion, water pollution, and crop growth and production.DocumentOverview of the world food situation: food security: new risks and new opportunities
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003This speech by IFPRI Director General Joachim von Braun was prepared for the Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Nairobi, October 29, 2003).DocumentFood for all: can hunger be halved
Panos Institute, London, 2001Report providing an introductory overview of issues in light of the FAO's gloomy predictions regarding the global target to halve poverty by 2015. With case studies throughout the paper looks at the connection between hunger and poverty and the policies that are supposed to reduce both.