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Impacts of climate change on farming systems and livelihoods in the Near East North Africa. With a special focus on small-scale family farming

Regional Initiative on Small-scale Family Farming for the Near East and North Africa

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 95 p.

Author Lewis, P. ; Monem, M.A. ; Impiglia, A.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-130940-7

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2) and clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) is not possible without directly addressing the impacts of climate change (SDG 13). Agriculture and food systems are on the forefront of this challenge and nowhere is this more evident than in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Climate change is projected to increase temperatures and extreme weather events and reduce precipitation and weather predictability. While there will be variations based on local specificity, this will result in a general reduction of the production and productivity of both crops and livestock throughout the farming systems in the NENA region. Small-scale farmers’ livelihoods are at risk due to their direct dependence on natural resources. Further, given that they are the main domestic agricultural producers, the impacts of climate change on these farmers extends beyond the farm to the food security of the region. This makes it even more important for policymakers to determine the most effective ways to support small-scale farmers to ensure that agricultural production and productivity can be managed under changing climate conditions and increasing uncertainty.

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