IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTH REGIONS OF CAMEROON: CASE OF NDOP AND SAHELIAN ZONES
- 주제(키워드) CLIMATE CHANGE
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 KANG SHIN GOO
- 발행년도 2017
- 학위수여년월 2017. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제개발협력과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000025406
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
Unlike many areas of the world where agricultural producers exhibit the physical, economic and social resources to moderate, or adapt, subsistence agriculture in the northwest and far north regions of Cameroon is seems to be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability. This is in part due to the fact that the majority of the population depends so much on rain fed agriculture for their livelihood. Adapting to climate change in the subsistence agricultural sector is therefore very imperative in providing food security and thus protecting the livelihood of rural communities. This study examined the patterns of current climatic variables on some selected subsistence staple crops namely millet and vegetables in the far north and northwest regions of Cameroon respectively. It also valorized the communities based adaptations and strategies used by local farmers to cope with current climate change, explored the constraints and opportunities in adaptations and mitigations that could facilely be integrated incorporated into policies and programs. The guiding premises were that climatic change impacts subsistence crop productivity as the lower the rainfall, the higher the vulnerability of the productivity of staple crops. It also hypothesized that the present communities based strategies used by the local farmers are relevant and crucial to the present day quest for climate change adaptation strategies. Additionally, some of these indigenous strategies are inherent in ecological agricultural practices that offer a win-win scenario for the simultaneously tackling of climate change adaptation and mitigation and hence meeting the development goals. The result further highlights the lack of money ,poor access to climate information, the encroachment of desert and shortage of man power are some of the factors hindering subsistence farmers ‘ability to adapt. The key to the ability of farmers to adapt would be access to relevant knowledge and information. Following the rich repertoire of strategies by local farmers, adaptation needed to be mainstreamed and institutional networks strengthened in order for effective community based adaptation.
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE IN CAMEROON 1
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY 2
1.3 PROBLEM OF STATEMENT 2
1.4 REA\SEARCH QUESTIONS HYPOTHESIS 3
1.5 DATA ANALYSIS 5
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIW 6
2.1 GENERAL REVIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE 6
2.2 AGRICULTURE IN POVERTY REDUCTION 7
2.3 SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN THE TWO REGIONS 9
2.4 CLIMATE TYPES IN THE TWO REGION 11
CHAPTER 3: AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING WORLD 12
3.1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 12
3.2 IMPACTS IN THE NDOP PLAIN 13
3.3 IMPACTS IN THE SAHEL ZONE 16
3.4 ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN THE NDOP PLAIN 19
3.5 ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN THE SAHEL ZONE 20
CHAPTER 4: ASCESSMENT OF VULNERABILTY 21
4.1 WHY THE NDOP PLAIN IS BETTER ADAPTED THAN THE SAHEL ZONE 21
4.2 TOP-DOWN, BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES 22
CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION ANDRECOMMENDATION 24
5.1 CONCLUSION 24
5.2 RECOMMENDATION 25
REFERENCES 26
