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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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-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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"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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L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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