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ProjectImproving National and Household Food Security in Nigeria through Expansion of National Programme for Food Security - UTF/NIR/048/NIR 2021
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No results found.The first five year National Programme for Food Security (NPFS) was launched in Nigeria in November 2001, in partnership with FAO. The objective of the NPFS is to foster the development of smallholder agriculture and income generation in rural areas, improve national food security, and reduce poverty on an economically and environmentally sustainable basis. In order to consolidate and expand on the results achieved during the first phase of the NPFS programme , the current project was launched. Its objectives were to strengthen the technical and organizational capacities of NPFS implementing agencies to deliver country wide comprehensive services, and to enhance decision making and productive capacities of beneficiary farmers, in order to support food insecure and poor households. -
ArticleIntegrating adaptive management strategies for coping with climate change impacts on farming households in forest communities of Nigeria
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Most Nigerians depend on natural ecosystems such as forests, for extensive rain-fed farming and short fallow periods. Forest communities interact with their ecosystems for income, food, nutritional security and livelihood sustenance. It is important to determine the response of these communities to climate change vulnerability through modified livelihood activities. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to assess the perceived impact of climate variability on farming communities in major ecosystems (rainforest, savannah and mangrove) of Nigeria. Using focus group discussions, we identified perceived impacts, traditional adaptive measures and new technologies that communities were adopting to cope with climate change. Over the last 30 years, there were perceived shifts in the rainfall patterns, durations and intensities with negative effects on rain-fed agriculture. Planting operations and cropping calendars had been altered, especially in the savanna, which had the highest incidence of drought and flooding. Climate variability negatively affected food production and available land for farming. Livelihoods most impacted were farming, hunting, fishing, timber and non-timber forest products’ collection. High temperatures, illegal logging and charcoal production were the most important environmental drivers of climate change. While poor governance, poverty and unemployment were the key political and economic elements. Local adaptation strategies included crop rotation, mixed cropping, diversification of trade, water conservation and adjustment of planting calendars based on traditional weather forecast. Sustainable adaptation strategies required included provision of credit facilities, affordable insurance policy; increased supply of drought and disease resistant crops; road networks, favourable forestry regulation; and improved climate information systems. Farmers were struggling with adaptive strategies and required external assistance to cope with climate change. Keywords: adaptive and integrated management; climate change; agriculture; sustainable forest management; food systems. ID: 3474255 -
DocumentSocial Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Social Welfare, Social Welfare Functions and Inequality Aversion 2006
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No results found.This module illustrates the concept of social welfare and the possible ways to define social welfare functions. In particular, it deals with how to pass from inequality to social welfare analysis and how social welfare analysis may embody different attitudes with regard to inequality aversion. A step-by-step procedure and numerical examples are also discussed to give operational content to the tool.
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