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Contribution of working group III to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change: mitigation of climate change
(2014)
Sustainable development and equity are the basis upon which climate change policies should be assessed and demonstrate the importance of reducing the risk of climate change. Policies to address climate change are interlinked ...
Climate change and agriculture : analysis of knowledge gaps and needs
(2011-11)
This paper reviews the current status of agricultural production in Africa, the role of agriculture in the economies of African countries and in poverty reduction initiatives, the production trends and the public investments ...
Policy dialogue: new approaches for climate diplomacy in Africa
(2013-10)
The debate on security implications of climate change has gained considerable momentum over the past years. Today, there is little doubt that climate change poses one of the key challenges for global economic development ...
Agricultural input business development in Africa: opportunities, issues and challenges
(2010-03)
Economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa can be achieved by enhancing the productivity and profitability of agriculture through the development of agricultural input sector. This paper reviews the current state of ...
Project submission data improvement of food self-sufficiency and security in Africa through prevention of post-harvest food losses
(2011-12)
Besides its low performance due mainly to the very low yields if compared to the achievements in other developing regions, the African agricultural sector remained very vulnerable to diseases and various pests which still ...
Progress towards sustainable development in Eastern Africa
(2012-05)
This paper focused on the progress towards sustainable development in Southern Africa summary for policy makers.
Declaration on land issues and challenges in Africa
(2016)
The Heads of States and Government of the African Union in collaboration with UNECA and AfDB, to carry out studies on the establishment of an appropriate institutional framework that can support Member States in their ...
Agriculutral water management in the context of climate change in Africa
(2011-11)
The paper focuses on ecosystems rather than commodities; on underlying processes (both biophysical and socio-economical) than simple relationships; and on managing the effects of interactions between various elements of ...
Economic Commission for Africa in the 1990s: Facing Africa's Development Challenges
(2011-12-16)
The first part of the paper examines, very briefly. Africa's development challenges, while the second part draws a sketch of the changes in the international scene and in Africa and their likely implications for Africa's ...
Scaling up organic agriculture and enhancing its foreign market access: lessons learned from Eastern Africa
(2010)
This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, analyzing the impact of organic agriculture on food availability as well as on the natural, social, human, physical and financial ...