Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa (eBook, PDF)

Food Security in a Changing Environment
Redaktion: Spindell Berck, Cyndi; Di Falco, Salvatore; Berck, Peter

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter weather and less predictable rainfall.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351369510
• Artikelnr.: 53272557

Autorenporträt

Cyndi Spindell Berck, M.P.P., J.D., is the principal of International Academic Editorial Services, based in Orinda, California, USA, and Managing Editor of the EfD Discussion Paper series and Research Brief series. Peter Berck is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy and S.J. Hall Professor of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is Editor-in-Chief of the EfD Discussion Paper Series. Salvatore Di Falco is Professor of Environmental Economics and Director of the Institute of Economics and Econometrics, Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I: Climate Science, Agronomic and Agro-Ecological
Factors 2. Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change 3. Mapping
Vulnerability to Climate Change of the Farming Sector in the Nile Basin of
Ethiopia: A Micro-level Perspective 4. Climate Change and Food Security in
Kenya Part II: On-farm Practices Related to Food Crop Productivity 5.
Adaptation to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Agriculture: Assessing the
Evidence and Rethinking the Drivers 6. Maize Intensification among
Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: Understanding the Impacts of Climate 7.
Adaptation to Climate Change by Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania 8. Risk
Preferences and the Poverty Trap: A Look at Farm Technology Uptake amongst
Smallholder Farmers in the Matzikama Municipality 9. Good Things Come in
Packages: Sustainable Intensification Systems for Smallholder Farmers Part
III: On-farm Practices Other Than Those Related to Food Crop Productivity
10. Climate Change Adaptation and Livestock Activity Choice in the Nile
Basin of Ethiopia: An Economic Analysis 11. The Distributive Effect and
Food Security Implications of Biofuels Investment in Ethiopia: A CGE
Analysis 12. Climate Change and Post-Harvest Agriculture Part IV: Gender
Issues 13. Contribution of Small-Holder Agriculture to Daily Calories,
Macro-Nutrients, Minerals and Vitamins in Male- and Female-Headed Farm
Households in Sub-Saharan Africa 14. Gender-differentiated Impacts of
Climate Variability in Ethiopia: A Micro-Simulation Approach Part V: The
Broader Development Context 15. The Land Certification Program in Ethiopia:
A Review of Achievements, Constraints and Opportunities 16. Migration as an
Adaptation Strategy to Weather Variability: An Instrumental Variables
Probit Analysis 17. A Changing Climate in a Changing Land Part VI:
Conclusion and Policy Implications 18. Conclusion