Appropriate Climate Smart Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live in rural areas and rely mainly on agriculture for livelihood security. Low agricultural productivity in the region keeps this population under constant pressure, even though investment in agriculture is a proven way to reduce regi...

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Autores principales: Sullivan, Amy, Mumba, Aliness, Hachigonta, Sepo, Connolly, Mike, Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34814
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author Sullivan, Amy
Mumba, Aliness
Hachigonta, Sepo
Connolly, Mike
Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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description Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live in rural areas and rely mainly on agriculture for livelihood security. Low agricultural productivity in the region keeps this population under constant pressure, even though investment in agriculture is a proven way to reduce regional poverty. Studies have shown that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in agriculture is at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as GDP growth originating outside agriculture. It is therefore necessary to develop and implement appropriate agricultural policies to support proven practices to alleviate poverty in this region where the majority of the population live on less than US$ 2 per day.
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spelling CGSpace348142024-01-23T12:03:13Z Appropriate Climate Smart Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa Sullivan, Amy Mumba, Aliness Hachigonta, Sepo Connolly, Mike Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele climate, agriculture, policy Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live in rural areas and rely mainly on agriculture for livelihood security. Low agricultural productivity in the region keeps this population under constant pressure, even though investment in agriculture is a proven way to reduce regional poverty. Studies have shown that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in agriculture is at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as GDP growth originating outside agriculture. It is therefore necessary to develop and implement appropriate agricultural policies to support proven practices to alleviate poverty in this region where the majority of the population live on less than US$ 2 per day. 2013-06 2014-02-03T03:10:33Z 2014-02-03T03:10:33Z Newsletter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34814 en Open Access application/pdf FANRPAN Sullivan et al. 2013. Appropriate Climate Smart Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. FANRPAN Policy Brief 2, XIII. Pretoria, South Africa: FANRPAN
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Appropriate Climate Smart Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
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title_full Appropriate Climate Smart Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
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title_short Appropriate Climate Smart Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
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