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in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio …, especially through global-scale, market- related mechanisms. Policies to increase local agricultural production in South Africa …
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BRICS, the 15-year-old alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has emerged as an important actor on …
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Widespread food insecurity remains a daunting challenge in Africa, despite significant gains in global efforts to … reductions in documents, time, and costs to export and import – on food security outcomes in Africa. To control for endogeneity … insecurity in Africa. In particular, ineffective trade facilitation is associated with significant increments in the prevalence …
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The knowledge of social stratification within the peasantry is a decisive precondition of sustainable economic and political measures for an effective support of agricultural production in least developed countries. This is one of the reasons why also in Nigeria social scientist focus on the...
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then to promote African voices from various backgrounds to reflect Africa's heterogeneity. The introductory section … presents a summary of findings about the economic impact of the two Asian giants in SSA countries by Africa-based economists …
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data approach to analyze the extent to which Africa and its major regional groupings have been able to generate shared …
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Recent droughts and heat waves have revealed the vulnerability of some power plants to effects from higher temperature intake water for cooling. In this evaluation, we develop a methodology for predicting whether power plants are at risk of violating thermal pollution limits. We begin by...
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Drought has become a major threat to local sustainable development in dryland Asia, one of the largest grassland … ecosystems in the world. However, empirical- and science-based evidence regarding the extent of drought changes and the future … drought conditions in dryland Asia, as measured by the drought intensity and arid area, using three widely used drought …
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drought and flood detection. In order to reduce detection inaccuracy, the application of satellite weather products for index …
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