Confronting Drought in Africa’s Drylands

Affronter la sécheresse dans les zones arides de l’Afrique

Raffaello Cervigni and Michael Morris

No 23576 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including many poor. Involving complex interactions among many factors, vulnerability in drylands is rising, jeopardizing the livelihood for of millions.

Keywords: Agriculture-Agricultural; Irrigation; and; Drainage; Agriculture-Commodity; Risk; Management; Agriculture-Crops; &; Crop; Management; Systems; Agriculture-Food; Security; Environment-Adaptation; to; Climate; Change; Environment-Environmental; Disasters; &; Degradation; Environment-Drylands; &; Desertification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4648-0817-3
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