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Vulnerability and resilience in the face of climate changes in Senegal's drylands: measurement at the household level and determinant assessment
The resilience capacity of smallholder households is one of the main drivers of their ability to continue to farm and …
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Contribution of edible indigenous woody plants as a coping strategy during drought periods in the southeast lowveld of Zimbabwe: a review
Climatic change related extreme events such as droughts negatively affect local communities in the semi-arid savanna ecosystems. This study mainly …
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Restoring degraded landscapes and sustaining livelihoods: sustainability assessment (cum-review) of integrated landscape management in sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction Land degradation is a significant environmental challenge across sub-Saharan Africa. In recent decades, efforts have been undertaken, with varying …
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Incorporating indigenous knowledge systems-based climate services in anticipatory action in Zimbabwe: an ex-ante assessment
Introduction The success of anticipatory action (AA) in climate change related disaster risk reduction depends largely on the ability to …
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Advances, gaps and way forward in provision of climate services over the Greater Horn of Africa
The Greater Horn of Africa is prone to extreme climatic conditions, thus, making climate services increasingly important in supporting decision-making …
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Climate smart agriculture? Adaptation strategies of traditional agriculture to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction Sub-Saharan Africa faces increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather patterns due to climate change, posing significant threats to food security …
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Climate change and urban stormwater: vulnerability analysis of the 2010 floods in Lomé, Togo
This manuscript assesses the vulnerability to flooding between June and August 2010 in Lomé, Togo. To this end, we administered …
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A co-produced national climate change risk and vulnerability assessment framework for South Africa
Introduction There are mounting demands to undertake climate risk and vulnerability (CRV) assessments for policy, planning, funding, insurance, and compliance …
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Evaluating impacts of climate variability on smallholder livelihoods and adaptation practices in the western Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
Introduction The objective of this research was to assess the trends and variability in the BakoTibe district as well as …
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Potential consequences for rising temperature trends in the Oti River Basin, West Africa
Introduction One of the ways that climate change manifest itself is through temperature changes. Though the Oti River basin has …
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Validation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products over West Africa for rainfall monitoring and early warning
Satellite rainfall estimation products (SRPs) can help overcome the absence of rain gauge data to monitor rainfall-related risks and provide …
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Streamflow and flood prediction in Rwanda using machine learning and remote sensing in support of rural first-mile transport connectivity
Flooding, an increasing risk in Rwanda, tends to isolate and restrict the mobility of rural communities. In this work, we …
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Assessment of the impact of climate and non-climatic parameters on cocoa production: a contextual analysis for Cameroon
Agriculture remains the mainstay of Cameroon's economy, with cocoa as one of its key export commodities. However, cocoa production may …
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Adoption of climate resilient agricultural practices among the Giriama community in South East Kenya: implications for conceptual frameworks
While quantitative studies are robust at assessing the extent of climate change adaptation, and statistical relationships among variables involved, qualitative …
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Evaluating farm household resilience and perceptions of the role of small-scale irrigation in improving adaptability to climate change stress: evidence from eastern Ethiopia
This study surveys farmers in the Kersa district, East Hararghe zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia, to assess their adaptability and …
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Community-based approaches to support the anchoring of climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania
We assess the impact of community-based approaches to promote adoption of integrated climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices based on soybean …
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Is climate exacerbating the root causes of conflict in Mali? A climate security analysis through a structural equation modeling approach
Climate continues to pose significant challenges to human existence. Notably, in the past decade, the focus on the role of …
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Towards sustainable adaptation: A tool for estimating adaptation costs to climate change for smallholder farmers
Adaptation reduces the harmful effects of climate change. Nonetheless, the process of adaptation is associated with costs. If these costs …
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Drivers of migration intentions in the Volta Delta: Investigating the effect of climate-related hazards and adaptation strategies
The decision to migrate involves multiple causes and motivations with environmental factors subsumed by economic and other dimensions. Deltas are …
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Different types of drought under climate change or geoengineering: Systematic review of societal implications
Climate change and solar geoengineering have different implications for drought. Climate change can “speed up” the hydrological cycle, but it …