Droughts in East Africa: Causes, impacts and resilience

GG Haile, Q Tang, S Sun, Z Huang, X Zhang, X Liu - Earth-science reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
East Africa (EA) has been the primary focus for various drought studies in recent years.
However, a comprehensive analysis of droughts, including their evolution, complexity, social …

[HTML][HTML] The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies

PJ Ward, MC de Ruiter, J Mård, K Schröter, A Van Loon… - Water Security, 2020 - Elsevier
Most research on hydrological risks focuses either on flood risk or drought risk, whilst floods
and droughts are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle. To better design disaster risk …

The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come

N Watts, M Amann, N Arnell, S Ayeb-Karlsson… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change
was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking …

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation of crop producers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review on concepts, approaches and methods

SB Bedeke - Environment, development and sustainability, 2023 - Springer
Climate change severely affects sub-Saharan African economies in several ways: increased
temperatures, erratic rainfall variability patterns, and recurrent droughts and floods. Such …

Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia

T Abate, B Shiferaw, A Menkir, D Wegary, Y Kebede… - Food security, 2015 - Springer
Maize became increasingly important in the food security of Ethiopia following the major
drought and famine that occurred in 1984. More than 9 million smallholder households …

Drought tolerant maize for farmer adaptation to drought in sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of adoption in eastern and southern Africa

M Fisher, T Abate, RW Lunduka, W Asnake… - Climatic Change, 2015 - Springer
Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),“maize is life,” due to its importance to food security
and economic wellbeing. Around 40% of Africa's maize-growing area faces occasional …

[图书][B] Introduction to environmental impact assessment

J Glasson, R Therivel - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a
clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further …

Towards sustainable food production: what role ICT and technological development can play for cereal production in Asian–7 countries?

AA Chandio, N Sethi, DP Dash, M Usman - Computers and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article examines the impact of information–communication–technology (ICT) and
technological development (ie, fertilizers and pesticides usage) on cereal production in …

A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology

MJ Mutenje, CR Farnworth, C Stirling, C Thierfelder… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change and extreme weather events undermine smallholder household food and
income security in southern Africa. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies comprise a …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of climate change adaptation strategies by maize-dependent smallholders in Ethiopia

S Bedeke, W Vanhove, M Gezahegn… - … -Wageningen Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change is an environmental process that is among the most limiting factors for
increasing or even maintaining food production by small-farmer communities in Sub …