The agriculture sector is the backbone of Ethiopia’s economy and livelihoods. Yet, heavy reliance on rain-fed systems has made the sector particularly vulnerable to variability in rainfall and temperature. Climate change may decrease national gross domestic product (GDP) by 8–10% by 2050, but adaptation action in agriculture could cut climate shock-related losses by half. • Climate risk management interventions and long-term adaptation actions need to match localized vulnerabilities and impacts.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2017Etiopía, África, África oriental
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2017Uganda, África, África oriental
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal. CSA Country Profiles for Africa Series
Documentos de política y resúmenesSeptiembre, 2017Senegal, África occidental, ÁfricaCe document décrit le Sénégal sur le plan de l'Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC). Le concept d’agriculture intelligente face au climat (AIC) traduit l’ambition d’assurer une meilleure intégration du développement de l’agriculture et de la réactivité face au climat. Il vise à assurer la sécurité alimentaire et atteindre les objectifs de développement plus larges dans un contexte
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Library ResourceEnero, 1996África subsahariana
Key findings and policy implications discussed in this document—Promoting Farm Investment for Sustainable Intensification of African Agriculture— include the following: Farmers are much more likely to invest in both productivity and land protection when they can produce cash crops. Livestock husbandry is a boon to farm investments, as it provides cash income, manure, and an insurance policy against crop failures. Land tenure insecurity, political instability, policy caprice, and wildly fluctuating farm prices dissuade investment.
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Library ResourceEnero, 1996África subsahariana
This research report provides an in-depth understanding of many aspects of Senegalese agricultural policy, its historical impact, and more recent farmer responses to government attempts to recent farmer responses to government attempts to stimulate growth in the agricultural sector. Addressed directly are such questions as: How have farmers responded to changes in agricultural technology, prices, and marketing policies? What have been the policy successes and failures? What are the current trends in cropping productivity?
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Library ResourceEnero, 1997Namibia, África subsahariana
This concept paper proposes (a) market driven farm and off-farm entrepreneurial options, that could take advantage of the existing opportunities, thus leading to the creation of indigenous oriented economic growth and (b) empowerment of the small and medium scale private enterprises to create an enabling environment conducive for equitable growth of their businesses.
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Library ResourceEnero, 1997Chad, África subsahariana
Planning and education are needed on options for numbers of animals. land use in Chad to ensure that development considers the proper use, maintenance, and enhancement
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Library ResourceEnero, 1996África subsahariana
Report identifies numerous situations where poor data lead to incorrect estimates of African land and labor productivity. The report argues that better coordination of macro, meso, and micro data collection, reporting, and analysis efforts can lower costs and improve our ability to monitor trends and to quantify determinants of agricultural productivity. The report then summarizes key recommendations for improving agricultural productivity data and analyses.
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Library ResourceEnero, 2004Malawi, África subsahariana
This paper summarises BASIS research on the current state of decentralisation processes in Malawi with a focus on water resources.The following specific points and recommendations emerge from the policy review and case study:much will need to be done to draw reforms in Malawi’s environmental sector to people’s attention.
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Library ResourceMayo, 1994Rwanda
This paper describes how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Rwanda is working with the Government of Rwanda and other donors to identify and resolve key issues re-lated to the management of the country’s renewable natural resources--its forests, soils, and water. The purpose of the study
is to illustrate how small countries and Agency for International
Development (A.I.D.) Missions with limited resources can incor-
porate natural resources management into development activities
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