Some of the key adversities as a result of climate change are either floods or droughts, both of which require great effort in terms of mitigation.

Climate change could drive women’s empowerment, says Stephanie Midgley.

 

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With 93 percent of Africa’s water in transboundary basins, most parties are coming to appreciate how benefit sharing provides opportunities to for optimal water management, says David Phillips.

Climate change threatens Africa’s water and food security: the changes in climate will impact on social and political stability of most African countries.

The issue of funding has also been a thorny one. National governments consider feasibility studies expensive and not a priority and that has in the end cost the region.

ILRI researcher Marco Herrero is amazed by the ingenuity and adaptability of dryland farmers.

Agriculture must be viewed as a vital force in our global mission to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

In Mozambique, differences in rainfall contribute to higher levels of poverty in drier areas.

Poverty levels in drier regions range from 67 to 85 percent, said Professor Firmino Mucavele, Director for Academic Reform and Regional Integration at Eduardo Mondlane University. He was presenting his analysis of agriculture’s true contribution to the Mozambican economy.

From Cape Town to Cairo, Nairobi to Accra, the climate change story is not reverberating on the streets.

It is a story echoing in international conference rooms of five star hotels and in the boardrooms of elite non-governmental organisations. The few bureaucrats who understand the issues don’t usually come out of their boardrooms to debate the subject. And hence, the man on the street is completely out of the picture.

Small scale farmers across Zambia have had to stand by and helplessly watch their crops and livestock being destroyed because of the effects of climate change.

Most of the 60,000 small scale farmers belonging to Rodger Phiri’s association know exactly what climate change means – many have experienced it first hand.