Drivers of climate risk in African agriculture
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Date
2016-05-14
Authors
Sonwa, Denis J.
Dieye, Amadou
El Mzouri, El-Houssine
Majule, Amos
Mugabe, Francis T.
Omolo, Nancy
Wouapi, Hervé
Obando, Joy Apiyo
Brooks, Nick
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract
Climate-related risks to African agriculture are highly contextual. Climatic conditions are changing in diverse agro-ecological
environments throughout Africa, and populations are being affected by, and responding to, these changes. The paper describes
how climate change risks in African agriculture are mediated by multiple factors, ranging from the availability of physical
resources through policy contexts to the role of culture. Consequently, support to adaptation needs to be complemented
with research that can generate contextual information to inform adaptation policies, strategies, and measures.
Interventions need to go beyond just technical fixes such as the development of new crop varieties, and must be based on
an understanding of how different factors interact in a complex manner to drive risks and results in specific contexts to
diverse outcomes.
Description
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2016.1167659
Keywords
Climate change, Agriculture, Africa, Hazards, Impacts, Vulnerability, Adaptive capacity
Citation
Climate and Development, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2016.1167659