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Agro-climatic resources and challenges to food production in Cameroon

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The agro-climatic resources of Cameroon are examined in light of the potential for food crop production and challenges presented by climate change. We find that the diversity of Cameroon's agro-climate offers the potential for the cultivation of a variety of food crops. This feature of Cameroonian agriculture can be used in addressing the country's adaptive capacity to climate change. However, the Savanna zones of the country, which are its most productive, are also the most vulnerable to climate change. The main climate change challenge in these Savanna zones is that of drought and associated agricultural water demand. Appropriate management strategies to address agricultural water demand can also address important problems in Cameroonian agriculture, such as the effects of climatic uncertainties in small-scale food crop production and soil nutrient depletion. To ensure the success of these management strategies, a number of obstacles may have to be addressed.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

251-273

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Geocarto International

Volym

26

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Physical Geography

Nyckelord

  • agro-climatic resources
  • agriculture
  • food production
  • agricultural
  • water

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1010-6049