Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges

Climate change poses a significant burden to African development and economic growth, impacting households at both national and regional levels. While accounting for only 3–4 percent of global emissions, Africa is most vulnerable to climate change due to low levels of socioeconomic growth (Kikstra e...

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Autores principales: Tadesse, Getaw, Barry, Ndeye Yacine
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Publicado: AKADEMIYA2063 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155082
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description Climate change poses a significant burden to African development and economic growth, impacting households at both national and regional levels. While accounting for only 3–4 percent of global emissions, Africa is most vulnerable to climate change due to low levels of socioeconomic growth (Kikstra et al. 2022). Africa’s vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated by its reliance on rain-fed agriculture, environmental degradation, inadequate infrastructure, widespread poverty, and increased frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters. These factors make Africa highly susceptible to climate-related disruptions such as droughts and floods and can amplify the impact of climate-related disasters on communities, economies, and ecosystems (UNECA 2013; WMO 2020). Effective adaptation strategies and risk financing mechanisms are crucial for building regional adaptive capacity and resilience.
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spelling CGSpace1550822025-11-06T03:51:52Z Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges Tadesse, Getaw Barry, Ndeye Yacine agriculture climate change adaptation resilience Climate change poses a significant burden to African development and economic growth, impacting households at both national and regional levels. While accounting for only 3–4 percent of global emissions, Africa is most vulnerable to climate change due to low levels of socioeconomic growth (Kikstra et al. 2022). Africa’s vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated by its reliance on rain-fed agriculture, environmental degradation, inadequate infrastructure, widespread poverty, and increased frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters. These factors make Africa highly susceptible to climate-related disruptions such as droughts and floods and can amplify the impact of climate-related disasters on communities, economies, and ecosystems (UNECA 2013; WMO 2020). Effective adaptation strategies and risk financing mechanisms are crucial for building regional adaptive capacity and resilience. 2024-10-03 2024-10-02T16:47:47Z 2024-10-02T16:47:47Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155082 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152447 Open Access application/pdf AKADEMIYA2063 International Food Policy Research Institute Tadesse, Getaw; and Barry, Ndeye Yacine. 2024. Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges. In Advancing the climate and bioeconomy agenda in Africa for resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, eds. Getaw Tadesse, Katrin Glatzel, and Moumini Savadogo. Chapter 7, Pp. 78-97. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155082
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Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges
title Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges
title_full Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges
title_fullStr Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges
title_short Adaptation actions to climate change in African agriculture: Effectiveness and challenges
title_sort adaptation actions to climate change in african agriculture effectiveness and challenges
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climate change adaptation
resilience
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