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Transforming REDD+
Constructive critique. This book provides a critical, evidence-based analysis of REDD+ implementation so far, without losing sight of the urgent need to reduce forest-based emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change. REDD+ as envisioned
From climate risk to resilience: Unpacking the economic impacts of climate change in Zambia
Climate change is projected to cause an increase in average temperatures in Zambia and a decline in rainfall, particularly in the southern and western regions. The country experiences high rainfall variability, which climate change is expected to exacerbate, resulting in likely higher frequency and intensity of already reoccurring extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods. The combined effect of the temperature and precipitation projections is anticipated to cause a decrease in water availability at national level and to adversely affect the Zambezi, Kafue, and Luangwa River Basins. Overall, these trends will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities in southwestern Zambia, as the region...
The Oxford Handbook of the Zambian Economy
This handbook offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the Zambian economy, including past and current trends. The Zambian economy has evolved from simple and fragmented agrarian activities at the turn of the 20th Century into a wide range of organized and regulated modern economic activities today. While the economy has largely revolved around the mining industry since the early 1920s when the extraction of copper and other mineral ores on the Copperbelt begun, there has been a gradual broadening of economic activities over time, with services now accounting for almost two-thirds of gross domestic product (GDP). This book shows that since colonial times, one of the persistent ite...
Agricultural Producer Subsidies
The objectives underlying agricultural output subsidies can have conflicting implications for the design of subsidy programs. As they tend to affect meaningful swaths of the electorate, subsidies can also be an attractive political instrument. By artificially lowering production costs or assuring higher output prices, direct support measures can result in resource misallocation in instances where they fail to address market failures, such as imperfect information about the returns to fertilizers. Subsidies can also contribute to fertilizer overuse, harming the environment and the agricultural sector in the long term. Furthermore, agricultural production subsidies are often fiscally costly and unfavorable compared to alternative uses of public funds—both within the agricultural sector and outside it—to achieve the same ends. Various design and implementation challenges amplify the shortcomings of producer subsidy programs.
Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation
This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.
Africa's Gene Revolution
As development donors invest hundreds of millions of dollars into improved crops designed to alleviate poverty and hunger, Africa has emerged as the final frontier in the global debate over agricultural biotechnology. The first data-driven assessment of the ecological, social, and political factors that shape our understanding of genetic modification, Africa's Gene Revolution surveys twenty years of efforts to use genomics-based breeding to enhance yields and livelihoods for African farmers. Matthew Schnurr considers the full range of biotechnologies currently in commercial use and those in development – including hybrids, marker-assisted breeding, tissue culture, and genetic engineering. ...
Eating Tomorrow
"A powerful polemic against agricultural technology." —Nature A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise's ...
REDD+
Crítica constructiva. Este libro proporciona un análisis crítico basado en evidencia de la implementación de REDD+ hasta el momento, sin perder de vista la urgente necesidad de reducir las emisiones relacionadas con los bosques para prevenir el catastrófico cambio climático.La necesidad de probar REDD+ a escala. El pago por resultados, la característica innovadora de REDD+, no se ha probado extensamente. El financiamiento internacional (tanto público como privado) sigue siendo escaso, y la demanda de los mercados de carbono es insuficiente.Mejores condiciones habilitadoras nacionales. Más de 50 países han incluido a REDD+ en sus Contribuciones Determinadas a Nivel Nacional y sus es...
REDD+ : la transformation
Critique constructive. Cet ouvrage propose une analyse critique de la mise en œuvre de la REDD+ jusqu'à présent, étayée par des données scientifiques, sans perdre de vue le besoin urgent de réduire les émissions forestières pour éviter des catastrophes liées au changement climatique.Tester la REDD+ à grande échelle : une nécessité. Élément innovant de la REDD+, le paiement basé sur les résultats a rarement été testé jusqu'ici. Qu’ils soient publics ou privés, les financements internationaux restent maigres, et la demande via les marchés du carbone fait défaut.Des conditions plus favorables dans les pays. Plus de 50 pays ont inclus la REDD+ dans leurs contributions ...
