Adaptation to climate change involves changes in agricultural management practices in response to changes in climate conditions. It often involves a combination of various individual responses at the farm-level and assumes that farmers have access to alternative practices and technologies available in the region.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2007Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 1995Southern Asia, Africa, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, India, Niger, Zimbabwe
"Rapid expansion of employment in low-income countries is one of the biggest challenges of development. The growth in labor supply in developing countries will remain large for a long time to come. Incomes of the poor in rural areas will depend more and more on productive off-farm work, and in the rapidly expanding urban areas, food security will depend largely on jobs and wage rates"--P. xiii.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2013Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. Southern Africa’s population is expected to grow at least through mid-century. The region will also see income growth.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2013Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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