eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland … change makes the challenges greater. Southern Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation …

"Two possible adaptation options to climate change for Sub-Saharan Africa are analyzed under the SRES B2 scenario. The … first scenario doubles the irrigated area in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2050, compared to the baseline, but keeps total crop area … than an expansion of irrigated area. Even though Sub-Saharan Africa is not a key contributor to global food production or …

representation of women in the field of agricultural science and technology (S&T) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Female scientists … research and higher education agencies in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first study of its kind to present … included in this study increased by 20 percent between 2000/01 and 2007/08, and women constituted almost half of this capacity …

"This paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the … context of the region's agricultural innovation systems. Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in Sub-Saharan Africa can …

, through a comprehensive literature review and a careful treatment of data compilation, regional features and recent trends in … girls in South Asia; in contrast, no such anti-female gender bias exists in Sub-Saharan Africa. Second, this paper … correlation between gender biases in child health outcomes and income growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. While previous studies focused …

Approximately 80 percent of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to depend on the agricultural sector for their … livelihoods, but-unlike in other regions of the world-agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by very low yields due to … serious deterioration of rural livelihoods and increase food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Given these multiple challenges …