By BOZO JENJE: Business daily Kenya is among countries in Africa targeted to pioneer a system to track adaptation to climate change and development. The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) says the new system for tracking the social impacts of efforts to adapt to climate change could soon be in place in Africa [...]
There is widespread interest in the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and on the most effective investments to assist adaptation to these changes, yet the scientific basis for estimating production risks and prioritizing investments has been quite limited. Here we show that by combining historical crop production and weather data [...]
By Pius Sawa: Climate and Development Knowledge Network. ARUSHA, Tanzania (AlertNet) – In an effort to adapt to chronic shortages of rain, pastoralist communities in east Africa who had experimented with growing crops are reverting to herding livestock. But they are finding that their traditional approach to pastoralism must adapt to an increasingly stressed environment [...]
Climate change impacts food production systems, particularly in locations with large, vulnerable populations. Elevated greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as land cover/land use change (LCLUC), can influence regional climate dynamics. Biophysical factors such as topography, soil type, and seasonal rainfall can strongly affect crop yields. We used a regional climate model derived from the East [...]
By: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) Zanzibar — ANXIETY about circumstantial eviction is growing among more than six thousand people living on Kisiwapanza Island, one of the inhabited islands in Pemba due to rising sea level. They now fear they may in the near future be forced to leave their beloved homes for safety. [...]
Pastoralism is a free-range livestock production system. It is practised in all of Africa’s dryland regions, and in some communities it is the main source of food security and income. But will pastoralism survive in the changing climate? Statistics from African Union’s policy framework for pastoralism (2010) show that there are 268 million pastoralists. They [...]
By David Njagi : AlertNet Climate Magadi — If the promise of earning carbon credits is realised, Nixon Parnisa counts himself among hundreds of pastoralists likely to profit from a new revenue stream. The herder already has an anaerobic digester at his home in Kitengela, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Lake Magadi, in [...]
By: IRIN The climatic conditions linked to the drought in the Horn in 2011 have persisted, and some early warning officials say the aid community should brace themselves for a possible re-run of last year’s food crisis. However, in their forecast, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says they expect the impact of the La Ni-a [...]
By Merali Chawe Mbeya — ABOUT 750 coffee farmers in Mbeya region are to get training under the project of coffee and climate on how to deal with climate change that has been affecting their agricultural activities. Coffee and Climate Project Manager Mika Adler said during a coffee and climate change initiative stakeholders meeting held [...]
The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on whether anthropogenic climate change is exacerbating the malaria problem, especially in areas of high altitude where P. falciparum transmission is limited by low temperature1±4. The International Panel on Climate Change [...]
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