Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Fostering Resilience and Capacity to Adapt

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Convenient Solution for Convenient Truth: Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Measures for Climate Change and Variability in Kuyu District, Ethiopia....Pages 3-14
Between Climate Reliance and Climate Resilience: Empirical Analysis of Climate Variability and Impact on Nigerian Agricultural Production....Pages 15-24
Characterization of Present Day Climate Trend Over Ethiopia for Impact Study....Pages 25-43
Adaptation Benefits of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in the Blue Nile Basin: Empirical Evidence from North-West Ethiopia....Pages 45-59
Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Land Use Planning and Management: The Case of Ambo Town, Ethiopia....Pages 61-85
A Geographic Information System as Support to the Healthcare Services of Nomadic Community, the Filtu Woreda Case Study....Pages 87-107
Advancing the Resilience of Rural People to Climate Change through Indigenous Best Practices: Experience from Northern Nigeria....Pages 109-124
Deriving Useful Information from Bimonthly Global-Scale Climate Analysis for Climate Change Adaptation Over East Africa....Pages 125-140
Adaptation to Climate Change in Egyptian Marginal Environments Through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification: A Case Study....Pages 141-152
Forestry and Resilience to Climate Change: A Synthesis on Application of Forest-Based Adaptation Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability Among Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 153-168
Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Ethiopia....Pages 169-183
Potential for Scaling up Climate Smart Agricultural Practices: Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 185-203
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) as an Adaptation Strategy in Burkina Faso and Mali....Pages 205-215
Building Adaptive Communities Through Integrated Programming: CARE Ethiopia’s Experience with Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA)....Pages 217-234
Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Crop Diseases Incidence and Severity in Nigeria....Pages 235-244
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A Synthesis of Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Africa: Averting Adaptation Vacuum....Pages 247-265
Farmers’ Livelihoods Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change in Didesa Basin Southern Part of Abay Basin, Ethiopia....Pages 267-284
Sustainable Urban Transport: Improving Mobility Conditions for Vulnerable Road Users in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 285-301
Influence of Climate Variables on Vector and Prevalence of Bovine Trypanosomosis in Tselemti District, North West Tigray, Ethiopia....Pages 303-321
Promoting Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries: The Urban Planning Opportunities in Resilience Building....Pages 323-344
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Promoting Farmers’ Resilience to Climate Change: An Option of the N’Dama Cattle in West Africa....Pages 345-356
An Approach to Use Earth Observation Data as Support to Water Management Issues in the Ethiopian Rift....Pages 357-374
Climate Change Threatens Major Tourist Attractions and Tourism in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania....Pages 375-392
Tools and Procedures for Seasonal Downscaling of  Climate Forecasts for Use by Farmers Over the Greater Horn of Africa: A Case Study for Western Kenya....Pages 393-411
Adaptation Pathways for African Indigenous Vegetables’ Value Chains....Pages 413-433
Enhancing Adaptation and Mitigation Activities Through Effective Climate Change Financing Policy in Ethiopia....Pages 435-445
Community Forest Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Ethiopia: Determinants of Community Participation....Pages 447-456
Pastoralists and Farmers Coping and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Variability and Their Perceived Success in Ethiopia....Pages 457-473
Role of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Adapting to Climate Variability Through Agricultural Practices—Experiences from Ethiopian Highlands....Pages 475-492
Silvopasture Using Indigenous Fodder Trees and Shrubs: The Underexploited Synergy Between Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Livestock Sector....Pages 493-510
The Need for Transformation: Local Perception of Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation Versus ‘Humanitarian’ Response in Afar Region, Ethiopia....Pages 511-529
Uptake of Resilient Crop Interventions to Manage Risks Through Climate-Smart Villages Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya....Pages 531-538
Urban Heat Island Effect of Addis Ababa City: Implications of Urban Green Spaces for Climate Change Adaptation....Pages 539-552
Climate Change Adaptation Activities for Agricultural Development in Ethiopia: A Review of Potentials....Pages 553-566
Local Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptation Strategies in East Gojjam Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia: Anthropological Approach....Pages 567-586
Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture Through a Gendered Intersectionality Lens: Experiences from Western Kenya....Pages 587-601
Carbon Isotope Discrimination as a Surrogate of Grain Yield in Drought Stressed Triticale....Pages 603-615
Enhancing Farmers’ Resilience and Adaptive Capacity Through Access to Usable Weather Information: A Case Study from Uganda....Pages 617-627
Strengthening Farmer Adaptive Capacity Through Farms of the Future Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya....Pages 629-645
Coffee Shade Tree Management: An Adaptation Option for Climate Change Impact for Small Scale Coffee Growers in South-West Ethiopia....Pages 647-659
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Characterizing Long Term Rainfall Data for Estimating Climate Risk in Semi-arid Zimbabwe....Pages 661-675
Supporting Farmer Innovation to Enhance Resilience in the Face of Climate Change in Farming Systems in Machakos and Kitui Counties, Kenya....Pages 677-688
Towards a Methodological Approach to Document and Analyze Local Knowledge of Climate Change: With Evidence from Rift Valley and Blue Nile Basins, Ethiopia....Pages 689-710
Adaptation Opportunities to Climate Variability and Potential Effects on Sustainable Development. The Case of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region....Pages 711-726
The Association of Monetary, Multidimensional and Traditional Poverty with Climate Change Adaptive Capacities in Northern Benin....Pages 727-746
Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies of Fishers to Climate Change: Effects on Livelihoods in Fishing Communities in Lagos State, Nigeria....Pages 747-757