Op-Ed: Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agricultural Practices into Polices and Programmes
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Dear Friends & Colleagues With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line, Zambia’s vulnerable communities do not have sufficient capacity to cope with, or adapt to, the impacts of extreme weather events. Zambia’s climate has been highly variable and over the last few decades characterized by a series of climatic extremes, e.g. droughts, seasonal floods and flash floods, extreme temperatures and dry spells, many of these with increased frequency, intensity and magnitude. Evidence indicates that Zambia has contributed to climate change by her engagement in massive deforestation. Forests are important in absorbing carbon dioxide, which is a product...