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- Author: Sophie Mack Smith
- Publication Date: 07-2012
- Content Type: Working Paper
- Institution: Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract: The 2011 drought across the Horn of Africa was, in some places, the worst to hit the region for 60 years. It was first predicted about a year beforehand, when sophisticated regional early warning systems began to alert the world to the possibility of drier-than-normal conditions in key pastoral areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Northern Kenya, linked to the effects of the climatic phenomenon La Niña.
- Topic: Security, Development, Humanitarian Aid, Food, Famine
- Political Geography: Kenya, Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia
- Author: Lucia Wegner, Gine Zwart
- Publication Date: 04-2011
- Content Type: Working Paper
- Institution: Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract: Against a background of increasing food insecurity, agriculture in developing countries must undergo a significant transformation in order to increase production and respond to climate change. It is estimated that feeding 8.2 billion people – an additional 1.4 billion – in 2030 would require raising overall food production by some 50 per cent between 2005/07 and 2030. Feeding a larger urban population in a context of increasing scarcity of land and water, while also adopting more sustainable production methods, is a daunting challenge. In Africa, where it is predicted that population levels will double during the same period, the challenge will be even more acute.
- Topic: Agriculture, Development, Poverty, Science and Technology, Food, Famine
- Political Geography: Africa