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Enhancing resilience in the horn of Africa

Synthesis of an evidence based workshop

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2012
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
food security
agriculture
land conflicts
women
natural resources management
environment
land degradation
poverty
natural disasters
sustainable land management
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Disasters: Déjà vu in the Horn of Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Africa
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
climate change
environment
land degradation
natural disasters
sustainable land management
land governance
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Farming Smarter

the uphill push toward conservation agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Southern Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Guatemala, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Yemen
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
agriculture
sustainable land management
women
rural development
food security
land
agroforestry systems
farmers
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Agricultural developments on Middelrus farms on land not part of the joint ventures – livestock and arable options

Reports & Research
February, 2012
South Africa
Land & Food Security
land reform
land-use planning
sustainable land management
Phuhlisani undertook this study to investigate agricultural options for six land holding communities which had each contributed land to a joint venture. The study focused on potential land uses for land hweld by the entities but that was part of the joint venture: including

Arable land for household production

Arable land for small‐scale commercial production

Sustainable use of the grazing land
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Disasters: Déjà vu in the Horn of Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Asia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Africa
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
climate change
environment
land degradation
natural disasters
sustainable land management
land governance
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Land issues top October development agenda as ECA, partners launch multiple studies across Africa

Institutional & promotional materials
October, 2012
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
development
agricultural land management
land policies
food security
sustainable land management
land administration
land
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Sustainable agricultural intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa : design of an assessment tool

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agricultural land management
food security
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
water management
The demand for agricultural products (food, feed, fibre, and biomass for other purposes) produced in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will increase for the coming decades. In addition, the global climate change will largely impact on the agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Major challenges for the agricultural sector in SSA are that agricultural production systems depend on resources that are for a large part non-renewable, and that the current agricultural practices in SSA are major contributors to environmental degradation.