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DOI | 10.1007/s10584-017-2036-7 |
Understanding climate as a driver of food insecurity in Ethiopia | |
Lewis, Kirsty1,2 | |
2017-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | CLIMATIC CHANGE |
ISSN | 0165-0009 |
EISSN | 1573-1480 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 144期号:2 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | Despite large increases in national cereal production in recent decades, Ethiopia continues to experience regular acute food insecurity crises, often associated with drought events. However, the meteorology of these events is poorly defined and local populations frequently experience food insecurity crises in years when national rainfall and cereal production totals are high. Therefore, looking at national, or even to some extent sub-national, rainfall variability is a misappropriation of climate as a causal factor in food insecurity in Ethiopia. The distinction between 'drought' as catch-all driver of food insecurity and a more nuanced view of the relationship between rainfall variability and food security is necessary both for addressing food insecurity now and for interpreting long-term climate model projections. The on-going recurrence of acute food insecurity is a feature of the heterogeneity of climate and climate variability in Ethiopia, but only in the context of a food system dominated by smallholder farming and climate-sensitive livelihoods. Climate variability has the greatest adverse impact in the most marginal livelihood zones in the drier east of the country. Increasing the resilience of smallholder farmers and pastoralists to climate variability and improvements in early warning and disaster risk response could reduce the frequency and severity of food security crises. However, unless the food system in Ethiopia undergoes transformational adaptation, food insecurity crises will continue to occur, and the opportunity to achieve zero hunger by 2030 will be missed. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000409001300017 |
WOS关键词 | ADAPTATION ; SECURITY ; PRODUCTS ; RAINFALL ; OPTIONS ; WATER |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/30026 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Hadley Ctr, Met Off, Exeter, Devon, England; 2.Univ Exeter, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Exeter, Devon, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lewis, Kirsty. Understanding climate as a driver of food insecurity in Ethiopia[J]. CLIMATIC CHANGE,2017,144(2). |
APA | Lewis, Kirsty.(2017).Understanding climate as a driver of food insecurity in Ethiopia.CLIMATIC CHANGE,144(2). |
MLA | Lewis, Kirsty."Understanding climate as a driver of food insecurity in Ethiopia".CLIMATIC CHANGE 144.2(2017). |
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