Combating drought in southern Africa: from relief to resilience

A different, more sustainable response strategy is needed to increase the resilience of farming systems to acute climate change-induced drought and heat stress in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments need a comprehensive action plan to reduce short-term dependency on food aid, and increase local adaptation capacities in the long term. Will this current El Niño provide the wake-up call to re-think donor strategies and increase much-needed funding for southern Africa?

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Brochure biblioteca
Language:English
Published: CIMMYT [2016?]
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, DROUGHT RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10883/4820
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