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Our Common Future Under Climate Change
International Scientific Conference 7-10 JULY 2015 Paris, France
Photo Chipiliro Khonje Courtesy Self Help Africa
Why are some farmers more food secure than others?
201507-09
By Silvia Silvestri (ILRI) and Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)
What climate adaptation strategies can both men- and women-headed households adapt for a more food secure future?
East Africa is already hard hit by climate-related impacts. Farmers are suffering from increasing erratic rainfall, droughts combined with flash floods and hotter temperatures. Projections are not painting a rosy picture either, as recent findings model fewer suitable areas to grow maize, common beans and finger millet in particularly West and East Africa.
How well people will be able to adapt to climate change, or mitigate related effects, will depend on whether they are able to change their behaviour and adopt improved agricultural technologies and management strategies. But question is, which climate-adaptive strategies can both men- and women-headed households adopt which will also secure food year round?
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Silvia Silvestri is a Senior scientist at ILRI. Cecilia Schubert is the Communications Officer for CCAFS Flagship 4.
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