Agricultural adaptation and climate change policy for crop production in Africa

• Main Authors: Khan, Moin Ahmad, Akhtar, Mohd. Sayeed
• Other Authors: Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57061/1/Agricultural%20adaptation%20and%20climate%20change%20policy%20for%20crop%20production%20in%20Africa.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57061/; https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-23162-4_18

Africa is considered among the most highly vulnerable regions to climate change because of extremes of drought, flooding, inappropriate land tenure systems, overdependence on rainfed agriculture, and widespread poverty. The impact of climate change is moderated by several factors such as access to l...