{"product_id":"9783030910044","title":"Food Insecurity \u0026 Hydroclimate in Greater Horn of Africa: Potential for Agriculture Amidst Extremes","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFood Insecurity \u0026amp; Hydroclimate in Greater Horn of Africa: Potential for Agriculture Amidst Extremes\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAwange, Joseph\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will benefit users in food security, agriculture, water management, and environmental sectors. It provides the first comprehensive analysis of Greater Horn of Africa (GHA)’s food insecurity and hydroclimate using the state-of-the-art \u003ci\u003eGravity Recovery and Climate Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e (GRACE) \u003ci\u003eand its Follow-on (GRACE-FO)’s, centennial precipitation, hydrological models’ and reanalysis’ products\u003c\/i\u003e. It is here opined that GHA is endowed with freshwater (surface and groundwater) being home to the world's second largest freshwater body (Lake Victoria) and the greatest continental water towers (Ethiopian Highlands) that if properly tapped in a sustainable way, will support its irrigated agriculture as well as pastoralism. First, however, the obsolete Nile treaties that hamper the use of Lake Victoria (White Nile) and Ethiopian Highland (Blue Nile) have to be unlocked. Moreover, GHA is bedevilled by poor governance and the ``\u003ci\u003edonor-assistance\u003c\/i\u003e” syndrome; andin 2020-2021 faced the so-called ``triple threats’’ of \u003ci\u003edesert locust infestation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eclimate variability\/change\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eimpacts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCOVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/i\u003e Besides, climate extremes influence its meagre waters leading to perennial food insecurity. Coupled with frequent regional and local conflicts, high population growth rate, low crop yield, invasion of migratory pests, contagious human and livestock diseases (such as HIV\/AIDs, COVID-19 \u0026amp; Rift Valley fever) and poverty, life for more than 310 million of its inhabitants simply becomes unbearable. Alarming also is the fact that drought-like humanitarian crises are increasing in GHA despite recent progress in its monitoring and prediction efforts. Notwithstanding these efforts, there remain challenges stemming from uncertainty in its prediction, and the inflexibility and limited buffering capacity of the recurrent impacted systems. To achieve greater food security, therefore, in addition to boosting GHA's agricultural output, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs suggest that its “\u003ci\u003einhabitants must create more diverse and stable means of livelihood to insulate themselves and their households from external shocks\u003c\/i\u003e”. This is a task that they acknowledge will not be easy as the path ahead is “strewn with obstacles namely; \u003ci\u003enatural hazards\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003earmed conflicts\u003c\/i\u003e”. Understanding GHA’s food insecurity and its hydroclimate as presented in this book is a good starting point towards managing the impacts of the natural hazards on the one hand while understanding the impacts associated with extreme climate on GHA's available water and assessing the potential of its surface and groundwater to support its irrigated agriculture and pastoralism would be the first step towards “\u003ci\u003ecoping with drought\u003c\/i\u003e” on the other hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe book represents a significant effort by Prof Awange in trying to offer a comprehensive overview of the hydroclimate in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eProf Eric F. Wood, NAE (USA); FRSC (Canada); Foreign member, ATSE (Australia).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2023-01-27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030910044\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-91002-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 425.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589688057996,"sku":"9783030910044","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030910044_3baa2f43-ec69-4a94-a920-84ef4e4f4735.jpg?v=1767309482","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030910044","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}