Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa has been portrayed as the most vulnerable region to the
impacts of global climate change because of its reliance on agriculture which is highly …

ABSTRACT Background Both the World Health Organization and the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change project that malnutrition will be the greatest contributor to climate …

Assessing the vulnerability of broadly described food systems to global environmental
change requires a new, synthetic approach. Food systems can best be conceptualized as …

Agricultural policies in Kenya aim to improve farmers' livelihoods. With projected climate
change, these policies are short of mechanisms that promote farmers' adaptation. As a …

Climate change is perhaps the most serious environmental threat to the fight against hunger,
malnutrition, disease and poverty in Africa, mainly through its impact on agricultural …

Understanding of how best to support those most vulnerable to climate stress is imperative
given expected changes in climate variability. This paper investigates local adaptation …

The phenomenon of climate change is one of the most contested and debated concepts
globally. Some governments still deny the existence of climate change and its impact on …

Achieving food security is still a major problem for households in most rural areas of Nigeria.
This study was therefore designed to assess the food security status among farming …

Climate extreme events (such as those associated to strong El Niño events) highly affect
Mexican agriculture, since more than sixty percent of it is rainfed. The basic crop cultivated is …

This paper has examined the economic role of women entrepreneurs in poverty reduction in
Kenya. A case study was carried out among women entrepreneurs at the Maasai market …