Briefs
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Programmatic strategies for tackling maternal anaemia : lessons from research and experience
Published date
2012
Semi-arid areas in Southern Africa are characterised by high rainfall variability, frequent droughts, low soil moisture and extreme events such as flash floods.
Vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change are gendered. Still, policy approaches aimed at strengthening local communities’ adaptive capacity largely fail to recognise the gendered nature of everyday realities and experiences.
Successful agricultural practices provide visible benefits, obvious to the innovation users as well as their neighbours.