Global environmental change and food systems in Southern Africa: The dynamic challenges facing regional policy
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Date
2011-04Author
Drimie, S.
Arntzen, J.
Dube, P.
Ingram, J.S.I.
Mano, R.T.
Mataya, C.
Muchero, M.T.
Vhurumuku, E.
Ziervogel, G.
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Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/JGRPType
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There is a growing concern that Global environmental change (GEC) will exacerbate the stress on
Southern African food systems leading to increasing food insecurity, which is signified by rising levels
of chronic and severe malnutrition and rates of stunting in children. The situation is further exacerbated
by insufficient understanding on how the region’s food systems currently operate, in which ways they
are vulnerable to GEC and what types of adaptation options are most likely to be viable at present and in the future. This paper identifies key research challenges to food system vulnerability and the impacts of GEC; policy and technical adaptation options; and possible consequences of different adaptation
pathways, set in the context of regional socioeconomic and environmental conditions.