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Cote d'Ivoire
Ahossane, Kadio; Jalloh, Abdulai; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
The West African state of Côte d’Ivoire has an area of 322,465 square kilometers, with a coastline of 540 kilometers along the Gulf of Guinea. It shares borders with Liberia in the southwest, Guinea in the northwest, Mali and Burkina Faso in the north, and Ghana in the east. The southern part...
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Benin
Lawin, Agnide Emmanuel; Akponikpe, P. B. Irenikatche; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
Benin covers a land area of 114,763 square kilometers and occupies a long stretch of land perpendicular to the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. It is bordered on the north by Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger, on the east by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and on the west by the...
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Summary and Conclusions
Jalloh, Abdulai; Faye, Mbene Dieye; Roy-Macauley, Harold; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
-reaching consequences for the poor and marginalized groups among which the majority depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and have a … transformation of a largely underdeveloped agriculture over the next four decades. A major challenge is increasing agricultural …
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Swaziland
Manyatsi, Absalom M.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Masarirambi, … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
majority of the rural people in Swaziland depend on cash income for survival strategies. Rural agriculture is insufficient to …
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Overview
Hachigonta, Sepo; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability...
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Nigeria
Hassan, Shuaib M.; Ikuenobe, Celestine E.; Jalloh, Abdulai - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
of climate change on agriculture and on vulnerable households in Nigeria. We do this by reviewing current data on … agriculture and economic development, modeling anticipated changes in climate between now and 2050, using crop models to assess …
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Overview
Jalloh, Abdulai; Faye, Mbene Dieye; Roy-Macauley, Harold; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for the majority of West Africans. The agricultural sector employs 60 …
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
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Niger
Yaye, Hassane; Danguioua, Aadamou; Jalloh, Abdulai; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
nomadic agriculture is dominant. …
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Zimbabwe
Mugabe, Francis T.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country with a total area of 390,580 square kilometers. The country shares borders with Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia. Before 2000, Zimbabwe was one of the most industrialized economies in Africa south of the Sahara, with an extensive...
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