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Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012This 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 regarding the future viability of pastoral farming, arguing that these livelihoods should be sedentarised and diversified.DocumentNorway & Tanzania: partners in development - booklet from Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania
2012Norway and Tanzania have been partners for 50 years. Political commitment, social, cultural, academic and commercial interactions have created links and relations that go far beyond the traditional development cooperation.DocumentThe poverty and welfare impacts of climate change quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies
World Bank, 2012Although 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 productivity, which will directly affect poor people's livelihood assets including health, access to water and other natural resources, homes and infrastructure.Document2012 Global Hunger Index. The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses
2012The 2012 GHI report focuses particularly on the issue of how to ensure sustainable food security under conditions of water, land, and energy stress.DocumentClimate change and agriculture: can market governance mechanisms reduce emissions from the food system fairly and effectively?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012Agriculture accounts for 30 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. How agriculture is practised, therefore, has significant potential for mitigating climate change, providing food security and improving the livelihoods of food producers worldwide.DocumentExtreme weather events and crop price spikes in a changing climate: illustrative global simulation scenarios
Oxfam, 2012Agriculture is highly sensitive to climate variability and weather extremes. Various impact studies have considered the effects of projected long-run trends in temperature, precipitation and carbon dioxide concentrations caused by climate change on global food production and prices.DocumentFacts on water harvesting
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012Lack of soil fertility and water stress are two main factors which limit agricultural production critical to food security. Rainfed agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change, causing rainfall to be more scarce and erratic. Harvesting of rain and runoff water, and effective management of water are ancient concerns of populations whose expertise in this area is important.DocumentFacts on Ecofarm
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2012The Sahel countries face a range of problems from low food insecurity to environmental problems like climate change and soil degradation.DocumentRegional agricultural policy: Review and prioritisation of policy issues and intervention areas for consideration under the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy
Southern African Development Community, 2012This series of 5 policy studies has been undertaken to guide the formulation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP).DocumentAre food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from east Africa
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012Smallholder farmers across east Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to this study by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research programme.Pages