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Climate Change, Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa

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This chapter examines strategies to strengthen and respond to climate change adaptive mechanisms applied to sustain food security in Africa. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges affecting Africa today. It is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate variability and change because of multiple stresses and low adaptive capacity. The methodology used is a desk review of related literature from journals, text books and other publications from different libraries and on the internet. It is crucial to establish task forces on food security in each major country and regional bodies to coordinate policy and adaptive strategies for sustainable development.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    EU , Council for the European Union. “Council Conclusions on the Millennium Development Goals .” Council for European Union. Brussels: Brussels Press, 2010, 3–4.

  2. 2.

    Ibid., 38.

  3. 3.

    CIGI. Climate Change in Africa: Adaptation, Mitigation and Governance. CIGI, Ontario, Canada: The Centre for International Governance Innovations, 2016.

  4. 4.

    Millennium Development Goals Report. New York City, USA, 2012.

  5. 5.

    Ibid., 24.

  6. 6.

    UN, United Nations. The Millennium Development Goals. New York: United Nations, 2015.

  7. 7.

    Ibid., 34.

  8. 8.

    Rebecca Willis. Paris 2015: Getting Global Agreements on Climate Change. London: Green Alliance Trust, 2014.

  9. 9.

    Millennium Development Goals Report. New York City, USA, 2012.

  10. 10.

    Ibid., 45.

  11. 11.

    Anna Antwi. Climate Change and Food Security: An overview about the issue. Ghana: Ghana office, 2013.

  12. 12.

    Ibid., 34.

  13. 13.

    Ibid., 37.

  14. 14.

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  16. 16.

    FAO, 2006.

  17. 17.

    CIGI, 2016.

  18. 18.

    The Millennium Development Goals, 2015.

  19. 19.

    Antwi, 2015.

  20. 20.

    FAO, Food, Agriculture Organisation: Climate Change and Food Security: Risks and Responses. Rome: FAO, 2016.

  21. 21.

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  22. 22.

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  23. 23.

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  24. 24.

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  25. 25.

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  26. 26.

    Getnet, Feyissa, 20.

  27. 27.

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  28. 28.

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  30. 30.

    UNDESA, 2015.

  31. 31.

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  32. 32.

    FAO, 2016.

  33. 33.

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  36. 36.

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  39. 39.

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  40. 40.

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  41. 41.

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  42. 42.

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    Jennifer Antonio and Sebastian Oberthur, 67.

  45. 45.

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  1. Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda

    Jennifer Turyatemba Tumushabe

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  1. Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Tumushabe, J.T. (2018). Climate Change, Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa. In: Oloruntoba, S., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95232-8_53

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