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Afrique durable 2030 - n°4, 2/2017 Introduction - « Nourrir une population est un acte politique »par Didier Mègnon Bébadap. 6 Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire en Afrique : bilan et perspectives de la gestion des politiques agricoles de l’Union africaine de 1980 à 2015, par Aubin E. Kouassi Fafeh p. 19 Sécurité alimentaire ou développement durable : le dilemme des…

Features Addresses the three pillars of an integrated approach to drought risk reduction: monitoring and early warning and information delivery systems; vulnerability and impact assessment; and mitigation and response. Provides sound analyses of the growing challenges presented by drought events and the shortcomings and opportunities for drought policy and preparedness in the…

How land is used affects a wide range of outcomes – from day-to-day quality of life, such as the length of commutes, to the environmental sustainability of urban and rural communities, including the possibility for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Moreover, the economic importance of land is immense. Land and the buildings on it are approximately seven times as valuable as all other…

A decade ago, FAO presented the results of a global review of watershed management projects carried out between 1990 and 2000. The new generation of watershed management programmes and projects, published in 2006, reflected the increasingly wide acceptance of watershed management as an integrated approach to environmental protection and development, addressing conservation of water, land and…

Biodiversity indicators are an essential tool for understanding and managing changes in biodiversity. Efforts by the private sector to develop biodiversity indicators have often focussed on measuring biodiversity management actions rather than measuring on the ground changes in the status of, and pressures on, biodiversity. This is largely due to methodological and data challenges. …

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has received several requests to conduct research on the causes of conflict and its consequences on development in three African regions (Sahel, the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes). Preliminary findings indicate that violent conflicts involving pastoral communities have become widespread in many African countries, particularly in the Sahel and the Horn…