Climate change adaptation in agriculture and natural resource management

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18 Feb 2013
Unit: Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation
Location: East Africa
Organisation: Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation

 18 February - 01 March 2013 - Centre for Development Innovation.


Climate sensitive policy making and programming for sustainable development. 
Changing climate and weather patterns are predicted to have severe negative impacts on food production, food security and natural resources in East Africa.
Without appropriate responses, climate change is likely to constrain economic development and poverty reduction efforts. Climate change is both a global environment and a local development issue, as it could jeopardize the livelihoods of millions, particularly where its impacts are compounded by other factors or where existing poverty and hunger make it difficult to cope with its impacts. Targets as defined in the Millennium Development Goals will be more difficult to reach, simply because for countries in East Africa agriculture is, currently, the main economic activity and agriculture has traditionally been the key livelihood strategy for most people living in rural areas.
There is often limited knowledge and understanding of climate change adaptation concepts and its implications at local level. Climate change is a rather new phenomenon with potential risks but limited reaction of policy makers. Moreover the capacities for adaptive planning, informed policy development and climate proof programming are often weak. >> read more
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