Southern african agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Sepo Hachigonta, Gerald Nelson, Lindiwe M. Sibanda and Timothy Thomas

No 77, Issue briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: THE THIRD OF THREE BOOKS IN IFPRI’S CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA SERIES, 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

Keywords: climate change; rainfall; drought; Irrigation; Water management; Adaptation; Agriculture; Poverty; Gender Women; Agricultural development; Agricultural policies; Economic development; Smallholders; maize; rice; Wheat; Sorghum; millets; Cassava; Sweet potato; soybean; Potato; Tobacco; Groundnuts; Pigeonpea; cowpea; Plantain; Sugarcane; oilseeds; Livestock; Agricultural productivity; crop yield; General Circulation Models GCM; Commodities; Food prices; Education; income; Nutrition; malnutrition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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