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2011 Global food policy report:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2012
should be done in the future? In 2011, agriculture moved to the forefront of the international development agenda. In …. International agenda-setting meetings, like the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, cannot …
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Mapping the South African farming sector’s vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
Aymone Gbetibouo, Glwadys; Ringler, Claudia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
-being of the country’s farmers. This brief is based on a study that examines the level of vulnerability to climate change in … South Africa’s farming sector by developing a nationwide provincial-level vulnerability profile. Particular attention is …
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Farmers’ Vulnerability to Rainfall Variability and Technology Adoption in Rain-fed Tank Irrigated Agriculture
Ashok, K.R.; Sasikala, C. - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 25 (2012) 2
vulnerability of the farmers. This paper has estimated the vulnerability of both farmers and irrigation tanks to rainfall … adjusted tank performance measure, vulnerability has been estimated through livelihood vulnerability index and technology … vulnerability are marginally higher in below normal rainfall area. The adoption of technologies was significantly influenced by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142528
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Livelihood change, farming, and managing flood risk in the Lerma Valley, Mexico
Eakin, Hallie; Appendini, Kirsten - In: Agriculture and Human Values 25 (2008) 4, pp. 555-566
In face of rising flood losses globally, the approach of “living with floods,” rather than relying on structural measures for flood control and prevention, is acquiring greater resonance in diverse socioeconomic contexts. In the Lerma Valley in the state of Mexico, rapid industrialization,...
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Small scale farmers’ vulnerability to climatic changes in southern Benin: the importance of farmers’ perceptions of existing institutions
Baudoin, Marie-Ange; Sanchez, Aida; Fandohan, Belarmain - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 8, pp. 1195-1207
involved in Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) development projects and half were independent farmers. Results indicate that … change adaptation in their agendas, they promote activities, which help reduce farmers’ vulnerability. Although our results …
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Two methods to assess vulnerability to climate change in the Mexican agricultural sector
Monterroso, Alejandro; Conde, Cecilia; Gay, Carlos; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 4, pp. 445-461
We applied two methods to assess vulnerability to climate change in Mexico’s agricultural sector. The first one was a … exposure and sensitivity minus the adaptive capacity to obtain the vulnerability index. We discuss the similarities and … agricultural sector in Mexico gave us the spatial distribution of the high- and very-high vulnerability categories, which we …
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A typology for vulnerability and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Rockmore, Marc; Chamberlin, Jordan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This paper considers vulnerability reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from a more aggregated macro viewpoint. We … focus on risk related to agriculture, since vulnerability and agriculture are intimately linked in SSA due to the location … agricultural growth is one of the most effective means for improving permanent incomes and reducing vulnerability. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038028
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Mapping South African farming sector vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment
Gbetibouo, Glwadys Aymone; Ringler, Claudia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
infrastructure development, high literacy rates, and low shares of agriculture in total GDP, are relatively low on the vulnerability …"This paper analyzes the vulnerability of South African farmers to climate change and variability by developing a … vulnerability index and comparing vulnerability indicators across the nine provinces of the country. Nineteen environmental and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967170
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The rains are disappointing us: dynamic vulnerability and adaptation to multiple stressors in the Afram Plains, Ghana
Westerhoff, Lisa; Smit, Barry - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 14 (2009) 4, pp. 317-337
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755851