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Title: Confronting drought in Africa's drylands. Topic: Social Sciences, Society & Culture. Format: Paperback. Release Year: 2016. Missing Information?. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Language: English.

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Drylands - defined here to include arid, semi-arid, and dry subhumid zones - are at the core of Africa's development challenge. Drylands make up about 43 percent of the continent's land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including a disproportionate share of the poor. Due to complex interactions among many different factors, vulnerability in drylands is high and is rising, jeopardizing the long-term livelihood prospects for hundreds of millions of people. Climate change, which is expected to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, will exacerbate this challenge. Most of the people living in the drylands depend on natural resource-based livelihood activities, such as herding and farming, but the capability of these activities to provide stable and adequate incomes is eroding. Rapid population growth is putting pressure on a deteriorating resource base and creating conditions under which extreme weather events, unexpected spikes in global food and fuel prices, or other exogenous shocks can easily precipitate full-blown humanitarian crises and fuel violent social conflicts. Forced to address urgent short-term needs, many households have resorted to unsustainable practices, resulting in severe land degradation, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss. African governments and their partners in the international development community stand ready to tackle the challenges confronting drylands, but important questions remain unanswered about how the task should be undertaken. Do dryland environments contain enough resources to generate the food, jobs, and income needed to support sustainable livelihoods for a fast-growing population? If not, can injections of external resources make up the deficit? Or is the carrying capacity of drylands so limited that out-migration should be encouraged?

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World Bank Publications
ISBN-13
9781464808173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221130251

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Subject Area
Social Work, Economic Sociology
Author
World Bank
Publication Name
Confronting Drought in Africa's Drylands: Opportunities for Enhancing Resilience
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, Geology, Sustainability, Management
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
294 Pages

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280mm

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World Bank
Series Title
Africa Development Forum
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Raffaello Cervigni, Michael Morris

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