Adapting African Agriculture to Climate Change Transforming Rural Livelihoods /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leal Filho, Walter (Editor), Esilaba, Anthony O. (Editor), Rao, Karuturi P.C (Editor), Sridhar, Gummadi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Climate Change Management,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Agricultural economics.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Agricultural Economics.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
• Physical Description: XI, 233 p. 55 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319130002
• ISSN: 1610-2010

This book summarizes the evidence from different African countries about the local impacts of climate change, and how farmers are coping with current climate risks. The different contributors show how agricultural systems in developing countries are affected by climate changes and how communities prepare and adapt to these changes.