Globally, rapid urbanisation has substantially reduced the amount of viable agricultural land–
a food security issue. Food security is bringing a renewed scholarly interest in community …

Some of the most important impacts of global climate change will be felt among the
populations, predominantly in develo** countries, referred to as “subsistence” or …

Resilience and vulnerability represent two related yet different approaches to understanding
the response of systems and actors to change; to shocks and surprises, as well as slow …

Farmers in the Sahel have always been facing climatic variability at intra-and inter-annual
and decadal time scales. While co** and adaptation strategies have traditionally included …

Over the past few decades, four distinct and largely independent research and policy
communities—disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, environmental …

Climatic conditions and hence climate change influence agriculture. Most studies that
addressed the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change have focused on potential …

Africa is thought to be the region most vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and
change. Agriculture plays a dominant role in supporting rural livelihoods and economic …

Agri-food supply chains (ASC) are an important application domain for Operational
Research/Management Science. In particular, the use of agent-based simulation (ABS) has …

Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's
agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack …

Climate change is impacting the ecological, social and technological aspects of urban
gardens. Gardens experience threats (eg, water scarcity) but are also responding through …