UN Assistance to African countries in building climate-resilient agriculture
https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1552-2024-14-4-18-29
Abstract
Relevance. Africa is the mirror and quintessence of modern international processes. The continent faces a gigantic number of challenges, some of an existential nature. But at the same time, there is an active search for ways to solve them.
The purpose is to consider the experience of forming climate-resilient agriculture on the example of individual African countries and the role of the UN in this process.
Objectives: to characterize the conditions and reasons for the formation of climate-resilient agriculture in the African region; assess the policies of the governments of Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda on the development of climate-resilient agriculture.
Methodology. The comparative research method was used in the study of agricultural development programs in African countries. Chronological and historical methods of studying legal documents, programs of the United Nations, FAO, NEPAD, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda aimed at the formation of climate-resilient agriculture. A statistical research method for operating with data from the statistical databases of Globaleconomy and the World Health Organization.
Results. The introduction of new technologies in agriculture is a condition for saving the environment, which is under pressure from two sides: global climate change and unprecedented growth in the population and its needs. One of the most important areas is to increase the productivity of agriculture, the solution of this urgent task will depend on the introduction of new technologies: seeds, fertilizers, irrigation, plant protection, etc.
Conclusions. The introduction of programs and technologies for the formation of climate-resilient agriculture in African countries requires significant funding and institutional and legal preparation.
About the Authors
V. M. Kuzmina
Southwest State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Violetta M. Kuzmina, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Administration,
Kursk
M. A. Parkhomchuk
Southwest State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina A. Parkhomchuk, Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor of the Department of International Relations and Public Administration,
Kursk
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Kuzmina V.M., Parkhomchuk M.A. UN Assistance to African countries in building climate-resilient agriculture. Proceedings of the Southwest State University. Series: Economics. Sociology. Management. 2024;14(4):18-29. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1552-2024-14-4-18-29
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