Climate change and food security : Africa and the Caribbean
edited by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
| Year of publication: |
2017
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| Other Persons: | Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth M. (ed.) |
| Publisher: |
London : Routledge |
| Subject: | Klimawandel | Climate change | Ernährungssicherung | Food security | Stadt | Town | Landwirtschaft | Agriculture | Subsahara-Afrika | Sub-Saharan Africa | Karibischer Raum | Caribbean countries |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | xv, 221 Seiten Illustrationen |
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| Series: | |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors ; Fallstudie ; Case study |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Enthält 15 Beiträge Preface / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope Introduction: The interface of climate change and food security / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope Part I: Trends in climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean ; Trends in climate change in Africa / Walter Leal Filho, Isaac Kow Tetteh, Haruna Moda Musa Climate change and the Caribbean: trends and implications / Michael A. Taylor, Jhordanne J. Jones and Tannecia S. Stephenson Part II: Rural livelihoods and adaptive responses to climate change ; Assessing the vulnerability of Caribbean farmers to climate change impacts: a comparative study of cocoa farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad / Kevon Rhiney, Anton Eitzinger, Aidan Farrell, Michael Taylor Liquid gold or poverty in a cup? The vulnerability of Blue Mountain and High Mountain coffee farmers in Jamaica to the effects of climate change / Anne-Teresa Birthwright Climate change adaptations by smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria to enhance food security / Adamu Idris Tanko Small-holder adaptations to climate change: dynamics, constraints and priorities of coastal Guyana / Linda Johnson-Bhola Perceptions of changing climatic conditions in rural Kano, Nigeria: effects on harvests and farmers' adaptive coping strategies / Halima Abdulkadir Idris Perceptions and attitudes towards climate change: strategies for food security among female farmers in rural Jamaica / Ayesha Constable Flirting with food security: resilience in the face of conflict, climate change and communicable diseases in rural Sierra Leone / Jerram Bateman, Tony Binns, Etienne Nel Part III: Urban food systems and governance in the context of climate change ; Climate change, food and the city: agency and urban scale food system networks / Gareth Haysom Urban food deserts in Cape Town: food security, food access and climate change / Mary Caesar, Jonathan Crush Food insecurity in the context of climate change in Maputo City, Mozambique: challenges and coping strategies / Inês M. Raimundo Part IV: Strengthening resilience for enhancing food security in the context of climate change ; Global biomass rush: land grabbing, food security and socio-political stability of Sub-Saharan Africa / Akunne Okoli Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as a climate change adaptation strategy in Burkina Faso and Mali / Kennedy Muthee, Cheikh Mbow, Geoffrey Macharia, Walter Leal Filho Micro-insurance in disaster risk reduction: a strategy for enhancing domestic food security in CARICOM countries / Balfour Spence. 1612 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-20427-0 ; 978-1-315-46973-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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