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    Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions

    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2017
    Africa
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
    environment
    pastoral lands
    pastoralists

    Humans have never been healthier, wealthier or more numerous. Yet, present success may be at the cost of future prosperity and in some places, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, poverty persists. Livestock keepers, especially pastoralists, are over-represented among the poor. Poverty has been mainly attributed to a lack of access, whether to goods, education or enabling institutions. More recent insights suggest ecosystems may influence poverty and the self-reinforcing mechanisms that constitute poverty traps in more subtle ways.

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    Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2017
    Uganda, Africa, Eastern Africa
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Food Security
    climate change
    land use
    food security
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    Ensuring rural energy security: a path to sustainable land restoration movement in Africa.

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2018
    Africa
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    sustainable land management
    land management
    land

    Every year in Africa, nearly 3 million hectares of forests are lost and sixty five percent (65%)
    of the land is affected by degradation. An estimated 3 percent of GDP is lost annually from
    soil and nutrient depletion on cropland. This places forest loss and land degradation among
    the key challenges facing Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). Exacerbated by climate change and
    poor management of agricultural lands, forest degradation threatens the water supplies and
    ecological functions vital to all SSA economies. Rural smallholder farmers and households

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