Browsing School of Agriculture, Environment, Water and Natural Resources Management (CS) by Subject "food security"

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The impact of climate variability and extreme weather events on gender: gender vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for improved household food security in Malawi.

Nyariki, Dickson M.; Tasokwa Kakota, V. M.; Mkwambisi, D.; Kogi-Makau, W. (2010-09)

The challenge to achieving household food security is a combination of biological, physical, and social factors. However, social factors, gender in particular, have received a cursory attention in adaptation studies. This ...
The link between seasonal climatic variability and poverty: A case study of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Baringo District, Kenya

Nyariki, Dickson M.; Yazan Elhadi, A. M.; Wasonga, V. O. (2010-09)

Poverty remains rampant in the dry districts of Kenya so that it has now become an important item on Kenya’s development agenda. The dry districts of Kenya receive low amounts of rainfall, which is also erratic. These ...
The State of Climate Information Services for Agriculture and Food Security in East African Countries

Mwikya, John; Kadi, Mohammed; Njau, Njogu L.; Kamga, Andre (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2011)

The increase in extreme climate events that is expected to accompany climate change will have far-reaching impacts on agricultural production and food security, water availability, energy resources, health, biodiversity, ...

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