The Crisis of the African Drought
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 162
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 162
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 143
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rebecca Huss-Ashmore
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9782881243066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780521368391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents a synthesis of the ideas that emerged from a colloquium held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lloyd Timberlake
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 113415710X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first edition of this incisive text on the problems of drought and famine facing Africa won worldwide critical acclaim. Revised with a new introduction, Lloyd Timberlake's bestselling study is invaluable reading for anyone interested in Africa.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 143
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gabriel Demombynes
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 4
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the world begins to feel the effects of climate change, the frequency of droughts is increasing in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, the drought and food crisis affect welfare through two main channels. The first channel is the increased mortality of livestock in drought-affected areas, which are home to 10 percent of the country's population. The second channel is by exacerbating increases in food prices, which are largely driven by worldwide price trends. Considering these two channels, this note identifies four broad policy changes that can reduce Kenya's future vulnerability to such shocks: (i) investment in people in the arid and semiarid lands; (ii) reform of Kenya's maize policy; (iii) review of the East African Community grain trade policy; and (iv) formulation of a unified social protection system.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Salif Diop
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-02-15
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 3030612252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe focus of this book is on the key water-related vulnerabilities to climate change in Africa, particularly in its most vulnerable areas, exploring potential management responses to such vulnerabilities. The African countries are particularly exposed and vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, with important impacts on water resources and hydrological systems, water availability, water resource management and sea level variations. Already, under various anthropogenic pressures, the status of water resources in Africa has been changing over the past decades, with decreasing water quality, falling groundwater levels, and variability in rainfall, both in terms of timing and intensity. Climate change will further accelerate the rate of change, affecting the ability of people and societies to respond in a timely manner. It is clear that there is no quick fix to the pressures imposed on water resources by climate change. Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities to extreme events such as flooding and drought, and integrating climate change risks and opportunities into development decision-making is indeed a key challenge, as much a technical climate-change one, as a political and developmental challenge. The book, in this regard, intends to contribute to the debate around climate change in relation to water resources management in Africa, and in particular inform policy decisions and actions that will improve governments’ and communities’ ability to manage the challenges of climate change and variability in relation to the aquatic ecosystems that they depend on. The knowledge collected in this book will benefit policy makers, researchers, as well as other stakeholders.