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Setting the Scene: The Sub-Saharan Africa Context


Coordinating Lead Authors:
Amadou Diop (Senegal), Evelyne A. Lazaro (Tanzania)

Lead Authors:
Wellington Otieno (Kenya), Joseph Taabazuing (Ghana)

Contributing Authors:
Nienke Beintema (Netherlands), Anna Stabrawa (Kenya)

Review Editors:
Davo Simplice Vodouhe (Benin)


Key Messages

1.1 IAASTD Conceptual Framework 2
1.2 Sub-Saharan Africa Context 3
  1.2.1 Environmental and natural resources 3
    1.2.1.1 Land 3
    1.2.1.2 Water 4
    1.2.1.3 Biodiversity 4
    1.2.1.4 Forests 5
    1.2.1.5 Climate 5
  1.2.2 Social, economic, cultural and political characteristics 8
  1.2.3 Hunger, nutrition and human health 9
  1.2.4 Poverty, livelihoods and the economy 9
  1.2.5 Agricultural R&D investments 10