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8). At the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome, world leaders pledged to reduce the number of hungry people in developing countries from a billion in 1990 to 515 million by 2015. Though this target was missed by 260 million, the population increase of 1.9 million meant that almost...
Agriculture in South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, adaptation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, to reduce vulnerability, and to enhance the resilience of the agricultural system to climate change. There are many adaptation practices in the production systems th...
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In addition, establishing an individual farm to grow cash crops requires acceptance and new skills, as irrigation for smallholder farmers in Africa has traditionally been framed as a communal activity in “collective” irrigation schemes with strong support by outside agencies, and with the well-...
Irrigated agriculture in South Asia depends on meltwater, monsoon rains and groundwater. Climate change alters the hydrology and causes shifts in the timing, composition and magnitude of these sources of water supply. Simultaneously, socio-economic growth increases water demand. Here we use a high-...
Their resilient capacity is also low due to their reliance on climate-stressed water resources, such as agriculture in Africa and South Asia [17], and Pakistan is no exception [18]. According to global assessments, an overall mean crop yield declined by 8% in South Asia, with pronounced ...
The effects of widespread adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara under changing climate regimes. ReSAKSS Annu. Trends Outlook Rep. 2017, 22–39. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Getnet, M.; Hengsdijk, H.; van Ittersum, M. Disentangling the impacts of climate ...
2020, with the introduction of drones into agriculture in the United Arab Emirates, the region stood as first in the world to integrate technology into food security and environmental protection, according to Falcon Eye Drones Services, a leading drone service in the Middle East & Africa. ...