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The Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) and Climate Change: Research and Policy Solutions

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Title The Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) and Climate Change: Research and Policy Solutions
 
Creator Dar, W D
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description The semi-arid tropics (SAT) spans 750 million hectares in 55
developing countries across the globe. The region is home
to more than 2 billion people. Of these, 1.5 billion depend
on agriculture for a living, with 670 million comprising the
poorest of the poor. It also houses nearly 50% of the world's undernourished and more than 70% of its malnourished
children.
The SAT is facing a 'perfect storm', with a number of huge
problems converging around land issues. Beyond the
anticipated population increases, the recent food price
spikes, disruptions of financial markets and econornic
stagnation, energy demands, dwindling biodiversity and
effects of climate change create a more difficult environment in which agriculture must operate. At the center of this storm are the poor who depend on the land for survival.
 
Date 2009
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6337/1/JRReddy_memo_Lect_2009.pdf
Dar, W D (2009) The Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) and Climate Change: Research and Policy Solutions. In: J Raghotham Reddy Memorial Lecture, 26 November 2009.