How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa

Claudia Ringler, Sharon Shewmake, Temesgen Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler, Assefa Admassie, Berhanu Adenew, Abebe Tadege, Charles Nhemachena, Temesgen Tadesse Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler, Tekie Alemu, Mahmud Yesuf, Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, Xinshen Diao, Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, Xinshen Diao, Mahmud Yesuf and Randall Bluffstone
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No 15, Research briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Table of Contents: Brief 1: The Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on Water and Food Outcomes: A Framework for Analysis by Claudia Ringer Brief 2: Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River Basin by Sharon Shewmake Brief 5: Measuring Ethiopian Farmers' Vulnerability to Climate Change Across Regional States by Temesgen T. Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, and Claudia Ringler Brief 6: Perceptions of Stakeholders on Climate Change: and Adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia by Assefa Admassie, Berhanu Adenew, and Abebe Tadege Brief 7: Micro-Level Analysis of Farmers' Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Africa by Charles Nhemachena and Rashid M. Hassan Brief 9: Analysis of the Determinants of Farmers' Choice of Adaptation Methods and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia by Temesgen T. Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler, Tekie Alemu, and Mahmud Yesuf Brief 12: Impacts of Considering Climate Variability on Investment Decisions in Ethiopia by Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 14: Integrated Management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under Climate Variability and Climate Change by Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 16: Risk Aversion in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia by Mahmud Yesuf and Randy Bluffstone

Keywords: Risk aversion; Integrated water resource management; Irrigation; Hydropower; Climate variability; infrastructure; Investment; Small farmers; farm-level adaptation strategies; credit policies; barriers to research information; Policy recommendations; Adaptation measures; Adaptive capacity; Regional states of Ethiopia; Vulnerability; Climate change; drought; food security; Global change; Water security; Food and water security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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