Resources Tagged: Arid Regions Economic Aspects Africa
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1/01/2016 More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes, destroy their assets, and plunge them into a poverty trap from which it is difficult to emerge....
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1/01/2011 This publication, produced under the auspices of the Environment Management Group of the United Nations, argues that drylands in developing countries should be 're-capitalized'. This will require a cross-sectional approach, something that the United Nations, with its global reach and wide range...