1st Edition
Climate Change and Food Security Africa and the Caribbean
Introduction: The Interface of Climate Change and Food Security Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
PART I: Trends in Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean
1. Trends in Climate Change in Africa Walter Leal Filho, Isaac Kow Tetteh, Haruna Moda Musa
2. Climate Change and the Caribbean: Trends and Implications Michael A. Taylor, Jhordanne J. Jones and Tannecia S. Stephenson
PART II: Rural Livelihoods and Adaptive Responses to Climate Change
3. Assessing the Vulnerability of Caribbean Farmers to Climate Change Impacts: A Comparative Study of Cocoa Farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad Kevon Rhiney, Anton Eitzinger, Aidan Farrell, Michael Taylor
4. Liquid Gold or Poverty in a Cup? The Vulnerability of Blue Mountain and High Mountain Coffee Farmers in Jamaica to the Effects of Climate Change Anne-Teresa Birthwright
5. Climate Change Adaptations by Smallholder Farmers in Northern Nigeria to Enhance Food Security Adamu Idris Tanko
6. Small-Holder Adaptations to Climate Change: Dynamics, Constraints and Priorities of Coastal Guyana Linda Johnson-Bhola
7. Perceptions of Changing Climatic Conditions in Rural Kano, Nigeria: Effects on Harvests and Farmers’ Adaptive Coping Strategies Halima Abdulkadir Idris
8. Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Climate Change: Strategies for Food Security Among Female Farmers in Rural Jamaica Ayesha Constable
9. Flirting with Food Security: Resilience in the Face of Conflict, Climate Change and Communicable Diseases in Rural Sierra Leone Jerram Bateman, Tony Binns, Etienne Nel
PART III: Urban Food Systems and Governance in the Context of Climate Change
10. Climate Change, Food and the City: Agency and Urban Scale Food System Networks Gareth Haysom
11. Urban Food Deserts in Cape Town: Food Security, Food Access and Climate Change Mary Caesar, Jonathan Crush
12. Food Insecurity in the Context of Climate Change in Maputo City, Mozambique: Challenges and Coping Strategies Inês M. Raimundo
PART IV: Strengthening Resilience for Enhancing Food Security in the Context of Climate Change
13. Global Biomass Rush: Land Grabbing, Food Security and Socio-Political Stability of Sub-Saharan Africa Akunne Okoli
14. Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Burkina Faso and Mali Kennedy Muthee, Cheikh Mbow, Geoffrey Macharia, Walter Leal Filho
15. Micro-insurance in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Strategy for Enhancing Domestic Food Security in CARICOM Countries Balfour Spence
Biography
Elizabeth Thomas-Hope is Professor Emerita at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, where she was formerly the first holder of the James Seivright Moss-Solomon (Snr.) Chair of Environmental Management, Director of the Centre for Environmental Management, and Head of the Department of Geography and Geology.
