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-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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Framework for Analysis by Claudia Ringer Brief 2: Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River … Basin by Sharon Shewmake Brief 5: Measuring Ethiopian Farmers' Vulnerability to Climate Change Across Regional States by … Adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia by Assefa Admassie, Berhanu Adenew, and Abebe Tadege Brief 7: Micro-Level Analysis of Farmers …
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"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 … socio-economic indicators are identified to reflect the three components of vulnerability: exposure, sensitivity, and …
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would be detrimental to the agricultural sector, but with adaptation, vulnerability can be significantly reduced. This brief …. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in large part on the extent of adaptation in response to climate change …. Adaptation is widely recognized as a vital component of any policy response to climate change. Without adaptation, climate change …
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. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in large part on the extent of adaptation in response to climate change … in the Limpopo River Basin and analyzes farmers' adaptation responses to climate change and variability. A Heckman probit … model and a multinomial logit (MNL) model are used to examine the determinants of adaptation to climate change and …
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The purpose of the paper is to identify how climate change affects how we should approach the process of transforming agricultural systems (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) to support global food security and poverty reduction in a sustainable way. We also identify...
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smallholder producers in Kenya. Several practices emerge as triple wins in terms of climate adaptation, GHG mitigation, and …, rural development, and climate change mitigation for generations to come. …
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Le rapport de l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 – neuvième édition – propose une mesure multidimensionnelle de la faim au niveau national, régional et mondial. Le GHI 2014 montre les progrès effectués en matière de réduction de la faim depuis 1990, mais des efforts restent à...
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Die globale Hungersituation hat sich seit 1990 verbessert, wie der Welthunger-Index 2013 anhand von Daten aus dem Zeitraum 2008–2012 zeigt. Der WHI ist um ein Drittel gesunken. Dennoch ist die weltweite Hungersituation nach wie vor "ernst". 870 Millionen Menschen hatten laut Schatzungen der...
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Ein Jahr bevor die Frist zur Erreichung der Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2015 abläuft, bietet der Welthunger-Index (WHI) einen facettenreichen Überblick über die Verbreitung des Hungers und trägt neue Erkenntnisse darüber in die weltweite Debatte, wie Hunger und Mangelernährung...
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