Essays about: "vulnerable climate change and agriculture on policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words vulnerable climate change and agriculture on policy.

  1. 1. The Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihoods of Small-Scale Traders in Zambia: A Case Study of Cross-Border Traders in Kazungula District

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Saidi Victor Phiri; [2023]
    Keywords : Vulnerability; climate change; cross-border trader; and livelihoods; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the global problems that the world is facing today. Previous studies have shown that climate change has negatively affected the livelihoods of the vulnerable population. However, understanding climate change is usually influenced by how it affects a person’s livelihood. READ MORE

  3. 2. Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation Practices : Evidence from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Elice Fällström; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate Change Adaptation; Farmer Behaviour; Southeast Asia; Structural Equation Modelling SEM ; Sustainable Agriculture;

    Abstract : Southeast Asia is among the most vulnerable regions to climate change, and its high dependence on agriculture imposes significant challenges on its farming systems. Given these challenges, farmers’ climate change adaptation is becoming increasingly important. READ MORE

  4. 3. Local food as food security sustainer - a case study in Uusimaa region, Finland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Terhi Mustikkamaa; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; local food; food security; agroecology; food system;

    Abstract : The global food system as a provider of food security faces several sustainability challenges currently. Industrial agriculture practices degrade the environment and are vulnerable to political instabilities due to fossil energy and agriculture input dependency. At the same time, climate change endangers the circumstances of agriculture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Increasing crop yields under climate change scenarios in Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Imogen O'Keefe; [2020]
    Keywords : Physical Geography; Agriculture; Climate Change; Crop Yields and Management Strategies; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change is projected to cause unprecedented levels of global change and it will alter the ways in which humans currently rely on getting essential resources such as food. Africa is considered to be the most vulnerable continent to this change, with many countries that have low economic stability and insecure food sources a change to the way resources can be accessed could be detrimental to the population. READ MORE

  6. 5. Linkages between land degradation and economic inequality in global drylands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Neija Maegaard Elvekjær; [2017]
    Keywords : global drylands; Gini coefficient; income inequality; NDVI; Mann Kendall trend analysis; inequality index; restrend; land degradation; socio-economic inequality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Land degradation has a negative effect on agriculture, food security and ecosystems. It severely impacts the livelihood of the many people directly depending on agriculture around the world. Drylands are some of the most vulnerable areas around the world. READ MORE