How a better understanding of the environment can impact positively on development
Author: Arrey Mbongaya Ivo (Director)
African Centre for Community and Development
P O Box 181, Limbe, Cameroon http://www.africancentreforcommunity.com
http://youtube.com/user/AfricanCentreforCom
Theme: Interrogating Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and the Paradigm shift...Dr. Dan EKONGWE
After the Pan African Institute for Development (PAID) received the mandate to mobilize over One hundred universities from sub Saharan Africa to attend the international Climate conference dubbed COP22, Marrakesh, 2016, there have been numerous calls at local and international level to do even more to save the climate and the COP 22 agreement and deal reached in France and prevent the risk of disaster that may affect humanity. However, the election of Donald Trump as the president to succeed Barrack Obama left many in doubt about his understanding and contribution to the global debate. While the rest of the world has approved the need to take sustainable action to curb the dangers of climate change, the US president has pulled his country out of the deal. Away from the political dimension there is increasing evidence of the link between climate change and conflict across the globe in the form of climate change and pastoralism affecting traditional coping mechanisms in farmer – herder relations and creating new forms of conflict. This document (working paper) attempts to expand the discourse by examining the debate in greater detail using the PAID approach to dealing with climate change and human security in Africa
Nature’s Contribution to People: The Africa Regional Assessment of Biodiversi...ESD UNU-IAS
Nature’s Contribution to People: The Africa Regional Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Mariteuw Chimère Diaw
8th African RCE Meeting
8-10 August, 2018, Zomba, Malawi
Fsn in the arab region an overview aw_dahir fao 10-17-2014IFPRIMENA
Conflict and civil insecurity are the main drivers of food insecurity in the region. However, peace is fundamental to food security and food security is fundamental for keeping peace. FAO's initiatives include: 1) Strengthening of capacities for developing coherent policy frameworks and investment programmes for sustainable food security and nutrition
2)Developing efficient evidence-based food security information systems for decision support systems; 3) Promoting the development of efficient and sustainable food systems with specific attention to reducing food losses and waste; 4)Promoting sustainable access of households to safe, nutritious and diversified food; 4)Building the resilience of households and communities and agro-eco systemsto anticipate, absorb and recover from the negative impacts of the man-made and natural shockswith Cash-for-Work and Food Production Assistance Programs.
Synergies with Multilateral Environmental Conventions towards Smart Policy M...FAO
Synergies with Multilateral Environmental Conventions towards Smart Policy Making tools, By Nermin Wafa, Head of Programs & Activities Division - The Technical Secretariat of CAMRE League of Arab States, , Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
Theme: Interrogating Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and the Paradigm shift...Dr. Dan EKONGWE
After the Pan African Institute for Development (PAID) received the mandate to mobilize over One hundred universities from sub Saharan Africa to attend the international Climate conference dubbed COP22, Marrakesh, 2016, there have been numerous calls at local and international level to do even more to save the climate and the COP 22 agreement and deal reached in France and prevent the risk of disaster that may affect humanity. However, the election of Donald Trump as the president to succeed Barrack Obama left many in doubt about his understanding and contribution to the global debate. While the rest of the world has approved the need to take sustainable action to curb the dangers of climate change, the US president has pulled his country out of the deal. Away from the political dimension there is increasing evidence of the link between climate change and conflict across the globe in the form of climate change and pastoralism affecting traditional coping mechanisms in farmer – herder relations and creating new forms of conflict. This document (working paper) attempts to expand the discourse by examining the debate in greater detail using the PAID approach to dealing with climate change and human security in Africa
Nature’s Contribution to People: The Africa Regional Assessment of Biodiversi...ESD UNU-IAS
Nature’s Contribution to People: The Africa Regional Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Mariteuw Chimère Diaw
8th African RCE Meeting
8-10 August, 2018, Zomba, Malawi
Fsn in the arab region an overview aw_dahir fao 10-17-2014IFPRIMENA
Conflict and civil insecurity are the main drivers of food insecurity in the region. However, peace is fundamental to food security and food security is fundamental for keeping peace. FAO's initiatives include: 1) Strengthening of capacities for developing coherent policy frameworks and investment programmes for sustainable food security and nutrition
2)Developing efficient evidence-based food security information systems for decision support systems; 3) Promoting the development of efficient and sustainable food systems with specific attention to reducing food losses and waste; 4)Promoting sustainable access of households to safe, nutritious and diversified food; 4)Building the resilience of households and communities and agro-eco systemsto anticipate, absorb and recover from the negative impacts of the man-made and natural shockswith Cash-for-Work and Food Production Assistance Programs.
Synergies with Multilateral Environmental Conventions towards Smart Policy M...FAO
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Human security and food security hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition New Food Innovation Ltd
"Food Security exists when all people , at all times , have physical social and economic access to sufficient , safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life "
Presentation hold by Thierry Kesteloot, Policy Advisor, Oxfam-Solidarité, as part of the first panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
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Presentation conducted in Mexico at COP13 covering aspects of biodiversity data mobilization in Africa, and a strategic approach to enhance capacity and further develop networks to support a Biodiversity Informatics agenda, for an enhanced ability to contribute to international policy agendas such as CBD, IPBES and sustainable development goals.
Factors affecting the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men...ivo arrey
Title:
Factors affecting the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men in Sub-Saharan Africa and some policy proposals
Author: Arrey Mbongaya Ivo
African Centre for Community and Development
P.O.Box 181, Limbe, Cameroon
http://www.africancentreforcommunity.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/AfricanCentreforCom
http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Centre-for-Community-and-Development/103686769685856
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Holistic-Approach-Sustainable-Development-HASD-2998648
Continental Synthesis - Africa biodiversity course 2021 Fatima Parker-AllieFatima Parker-Allie
This presentation provides a synthesis of biodiversity patterns on the African Continent. It also includes some of the biodiversity informatics efforts that has been taking place in Africa
Land tenure conflicts and its influence on Food security and Rural livelihood...AI Publications
Land is construed as a vital means of survival and hence the primary reason why people and communities compete (vie) to exert control over it. This study sets to contribute to conflicts resolution through an understanding of how conflicts over land influence food security and rural livelihoods in Mezam. Land conflicts often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development. This is especially true in Mezam division, where land market institutions are weak, opportunities for economic gain by illegal action are widespread and many poor people lack access to land. Data were collected using a semi structured questionnaire and focus group discussions were organized where possible. A total of 200 questionnaires were administered to both farmers and grazers in Mezam, Santa, Bali, Tubah and Bafut. These were done through face to face interviews, discussion with graziers and farmers representatives, focus groups as well as field observation so as to permit us carry out an ample information from the field and have an in-depth study of the conflict situation in Mezam. These data were introduced into SPSS version 24.0 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequencies, charts and graphs. Common conflicts recorded in the area in Mezam are farmer-grazer conflicts and land ownership. Regarding the effects of conflicts on food security, 60% of respondents attested disruption of livestock activities and food production cycle, 52.5% mentioned shortages in food supply resulting to high prices in the local markets. Conflicts also resulted to the flee of the local farm labour force. It was also found out that conflicts affected rural development projects in the study area such as micro credit institutions, bridges, roads, electrification projects, storage facilities, markets and portable water. This will facilitate communication between the villagers in the affected areas and improve on food production and accessibility. It was suggested that one of the ways to resolve tenure conflicts in the area was for the administrative authorities to demarcate boundaries or map out farm and grazing lands between the various villages and also facilitate the process of issuing land titles. Looking at the existing policies, legal and institutional framework discussed in this study, I can say that I have been able to identify some commissions and policies put in place by the Government of Cameroon governing land administration and management that is sufficient in strengthening the tenure security of the local population in Mezam if respected and put in practice. It was also recommended that the administrative authorities should facilitate the issuing of land titles to the local population and demarcate farming and grazing lands between villages that decision making should always consider the actors on the field and be transparent too.
Presentation hold by Federico Fadiga from the Red Cross EU Office, as part of the second panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
Human security and food security hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition New Food Innovation Ltd
"Food Security exists when all people , at all times , have physical social and economic access to sufficient , safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life "
Presentation hold by Thierry Kesteloot, Policy Advisor, Oxfam-Solidarité, as part of the first panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Mobilizing Data, Building Human Capacity and African Regional Engagement are ...Fatima Parker-Allie
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Factors affecting the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men...ivo arrey
Title:
Factors affecting the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men in Sub-Saharan Africa and some policy proposals
Author: Arrey Mbongaya Ivo
African Centre for Community and Development
P.O.Box 181, Limbe, Cameroon
http://www.africancentreforcommunity.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/AfricanCentreforCom
http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Centre-for-Community-and-Development/103686769685856
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Holistic-Approach-Sustainable-Development-HASD-2998648
Continental Synthesis - Africa biodiversity course 2021 Fatima Parker-AllieFatima Parker-Allie
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Land tenure conflicts and its influence on Food security and Rural livelihood...AI Publications
Land is construed as a vital means of survival and hence the primary reason why people and communities compete (vie) to exert control over it. This study sets to contribute to conflicts resolution through an understanding of how conflicts over land influence food security and rural livelihoods in Mezam. Land conflicts often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development. This is especially true in Mezam division, where land market institutions are weak, opportunities for economic gain by illegal action are widespread and many poor people lack access to land. Data were collected using a semi structured questionnaire and focus group discussions were organized where possible. A total of 200 questionnaires were administered to both farmers and grazers in Mezam, Santa, Bali, Tubah and Bafut. These were done through face to face interviews, discussion with graziers and farmers representatives, focus groups as well as field observation so as to permit us carry out an ample information from the field and have an in-depth study of the conflict situation in Mezam. These data were introduced into SPSS version 24.0 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequencies, charts and graphs. Common conflicts recorded in the area in Mezam are farmer-grazer conflicts and land ownership. Regarding the effects of conflicts on food security, 60% of respondents attested disruption of livestock activities and food production cycle, 52.5% mentioned shortages in food supply resulting to high prices in the local markets. Conflicts also resulted to the flee of the local farm labour force. It was also found out that conflicts affected rural development projects in the study area such as micro credit institutions, bridges, roads, electrification projects, storage facilities, markets and portable water. This will facilitate communication between the villagers in the affected areas and improve on food production and accessibility. It was suggested that one of the ways to resolve tenure conflicts in the area was for the administrative authorities to demarcate boundaries or map out farm and grazing lands between the various villages and also facilitate the process of issuing land titles. Looking at the existing policies, legal and institutional framework discussed in this study, I can say that I have been able to identify some commissions and policies put in place by the Government of Cameroon governing land administration and management that is sufficient in strengthening the tenure security of the local population in Mezam if respected and put in practice. It was also recommended that the administrative authorities should facilitate the issuing of land titles to the local population and demarcate farming and grazing lands between villages that decision making should always consider the actors on the field and be transparent too.
Presentation hold by Federico Fadiga from the Red Cross EU Office, as part of the second panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
Diversity, Sustainability and Resilience in Natural Resource Management in Af...SIANI
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Strategy for Financing Family Farming in the West Region of CameroonAI Publications
Family farming is a reservoir of jobs in rural areas and contributes a large share to the gross domestic product of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. However, it comes up against many difficulties, including insufficient financial resources to equip itself, increase production and increase the standard of living of populations located in rural areas. The objectives of this article are to identify the sources of financing for smallholder agriculture, present the strategies put in place to mobilize them and explore ways of obtaining the funds necessary to increase yields. Investigations carried out in rural areas of western Cameroon of Cameroon show that funding from the State and donors is scarce and unpredictable. Thus, 65% of peasants use their own resources while 27% resort to borrowing from tontines, leaving 4% of producers to negotiate loans in microfinance institutions. However, 31.5% of the producers hoard their income and 40% place it in tontines while 77% of them have no accounting document, creating confusion about the possibility of profitability of family farming. Adequate financing of family farming will require the establishment of a framework for consultation between producers, donors and the State to enable rural areas to obtain the resources to develop.
Definition of drought,types of droughts,effects which include political and sociological.Solutions which can be implemented to avoid or eradicate the issues of drought in affected regions
The impact of conflicts in transformative tourism based community processes i...ivo arrey
The Impact of Conflicts on transformative tourism-based community processes in Africa
Author: Arrey Mbongaya Ivo
Director of African Centre for Community and Development
P.O.Box 181, Limbe, Cameroon
http://www.africancentreforcommunity.com
http://community.eldis.org/falcazo
http://youtube.com/user/AfricanCentreforCom
https://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Centre-for-Community-and-Development/103686769685856
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Holistic-Approach-Sustainable-Development-HASD-2998648
This article explores the implications of conflicts on the possible benefits and growth
of communities and stakeholders in tourist destinations in Africa. It draws examples
from academic research and from livelihoods based research from selected areas in
Africa to arrive at analytic dimensions that can help argue for the need to curb
conflicts as a means of empowering developing communities. Conflicts are
expanded here to include ideological, socio-economic, environmental as well as
armed or political conflicts
Envisioning the future of African agriculture and the renewed role of farmer’s organizations
Organized by the Panafrican Farmer’s Organisations (PAFO), the ACP-EU Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), African Union Commission (AUC)
This Briefing is linked to the Brussels Briefings organized by the CTA, EC/DGDEVCO, ACP Group and Concord every two months on key issues related to agriculture in ACP countries.
More information: http://brusselsbriefings.net
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Author: Ivo Arrey Mbongaya
African Centre for Community and Development
P.O. Box 181 Limbe Cameroon
Content
1.0 Introduction, Perspectives in Management and the genesis of Human Resource Management
1.1 Scientific or Closed management, Human Relations or Semi open system, Open System or Contingency system
1.2 Personnel management/ Personnel Manager
1.3 The genesis of Human Resource Management(HRM)/Defining Human Resource Management
1.4 What is ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’ HRM?
1.5 The Debate between Human Relations(HR) and Human Resource Management(HRM)
1.6 The Human Resource Manager and his role
2.0 Attempting a framework for Human Resource Management(HRM)
2.1 Using HRM as a style, a strategy and an outcome
2.2 Is HRM a restatement of Personnel Management?
2.3 Is HRM a new managerial discipline?
2.4 HRM as a resource-based dimension of management
2.5 The Strategic and international possibilities of HRM
3.0Using some models of HRM to critically assess HRM “Hard” and “Soft” Approaches.
3.1The Harvard Model
3.2The Michigan Model
3.3Guest comparative models
3.4The ‘Choice Model’ and its benefits.
4.0The influence of senior management and their Effectiveness
4.1 policy makers
4.2 senior managers and their frames of reference
4.3 The more effective the better the policies
4.4 The Japanese example
5.0 Conclusion, limitations and proposals
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5.3 Holistic thinking, right and egalitarian based HRM
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Director at African Centre for Community and Development
BP 181 Limbe, Cameroon
May 2016
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Medicinal and other Aspects of Food in Africa
Ancestral Veneration
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African Civilizations and some prominent cultural Groups in Cameroon
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2. Abstract:
The article explores the benefits of improving and understanding knowledge on the
environment on development. It draws examples from academic literature and on
tested examples to arrive at an analytic exploration of thematic areas like climate
change, agriculture and poverty in Africa so as justify the positive impacts of better
environmental knowledge on sustainable and holistic development in the continent.
The environment simply put is an assemblage of all the spaces and species, man-built and
natural appendages, exploited and unexploited resources, the institutions and laws,
cultures, technologies, knowledge systems, capacities, practices of various subpopulations within given areas. Therefore sub-environments exist based on climatic,
historical, political, technological, ideological, agricultural, natural etc differences or
divides that justify the need to explore various aspects related to these sub-environments
while making the necessary links to the Global environment which is the earth. The study
of the local environments is referred to as the study of contexts and in this article we are
focusing on the African context. While it will be impossible to summarize the African
sub-contexts within this article, the following points have been identified as aspects
affecting the African environment.
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Africa despite being one of the fastest growing economic zones of the world has
high levels of poverty across sub-populations. Many of Africa’s poor like 70% of
the world’s poor live in rural areas in which agriculture is their main stay.
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Soil productivity is vital to successful agricultural outcomes. African soils are
degraded in varying degrees in many parts of the continent. African soils are
3. affected by droughts, desertification, climate change, rudimentary farming
practices and sometimes over use of chemicals and fertilizers. Poor soils affect
crop yields which in turn affect farmer and rural family incomes thereby
embedding poverty in areas already affected by economic and sometimes political
crises.
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African seas are also facing multiple issues including over exploitation of fish
without replenishing, unsustainable fishing methods like twin trawling destroy
fish nurseries off the West Coast of Africa while dumping of toxic wastes has also
been noted in many waters across the continent. The situation is further
compounded with oil spills and unsustainable oil drilling in many aquatic
environments including the Delta region of Nigeria leaving marine life dead while
seriously affecting negatively the livelihoods that depend on marine species to
survive. The situation is also aggravated by the destruction of mangroves for fuel
hence destroying the natural habitats and spawning grounds of sedentary oysters
and many crustacean species.
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More over, many sub-contexts in Africa like the Congo Basin area are facing
massive loss of forests (Brown et al, 2009) from over logging. Massive
destruction of forest cover affects the natural cycles of the climate in the areas,
exposes many animal and plant species to threats including possible extinction.
The situation is further compounded by an increase in the poaching of species like
lions, rhinos and elephants across the continent for lucrative markets in Asia and
other parts of the world. Destruction of these species affects other industries like
4. tourism hence shrivelling the Gross Domestic Product of a region also affected by
high disease prevalence.
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High prevalence of diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis in Africa have
been found to affect the productivity of sub-populations as they impact on many
active levels of society including bread winners. In such circumstances many
families end up strategising by excluding other vulnerable groups like girls from
benefiting from the remaining scarce resources. This plunges many into crimes
and other deviant behaviours including prostitution and extremism. The situation
is grave if reference is made to continuous growth of youthful population in
Africa and the corresponding lack of unemployment facilities in many subenvironments. This plus social and economic, political and sometimes religious
divides create lucrative sub-environments for extreme militant behaviours or even
terrorism.
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Africa also faces challenges of infrastructural development. Many countries and
regions are not linked by good roads or rail systems hence reducing intra-trade
taught to be a strategic option for growth in Africa in the 21st century. Poor links
between countries makes smuggling of goods services rampant, reduces capacity
to establish inventories of goods and services moving across the continent and to
enhance monetary or economic union which has been advocated by many via
bodies like ECOWAS, African Union etc. It further affects the capacity to
exchange research-based activities between countries which are vital in the
vulgarization of development.
5. •
More so Africa needs to improve on its research environment. Many more
institutions with necessary capacities to innovate and solve African problems
based on research on African realities must be created and supported in their
arduous tasks of training youths into professionals. This is vital especially in the
agricultural sector which is facing many threats from diseases engineered by stem
borers, climate change and sometimes the uncontrollable movements of
genetically modified organisms within the continent.
Low productivity by
farmers affects access to quality food, reduces food security and shrinks incomes
from farming activities across various levels of society.
However, despite the many challenges and issues affecting the African environment, a
better understanding of the environment can greatly reduce some of the problems faced
across sub-levels. Understanding is vital to healthy policy and intervention outcomes or
designs hence could impact positively on African sub-populations in the following ways:
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Firstly a better understanding of poverty will help in the design of interventions
that will tackle the root causes of poverty. Preventing marginalities by improving
on knowledge systems and capacities will help ways of tackling the impacts of
poverty on wellbeing, growth, productivity, peace etc. It will also create a policy
urgency to act against poverty across sub-levels in order that it doest not translate
into embedded or chronic poverty. This in turn reduces public spending on social
services while it increases possibility to divert public activities into other needed
areas like infrastructural development, education and industrialization.
•
More so, improving on African soils will definitely affect agricultural
productivity especially in rural areas where the bulk of farmers and poor people
6. reside. More healthy food production increases farmer incomes and also increases
amount of food sent to urban centres which are increasingly affected by sprawling
informal economies and ghettoes which are inhabited by landless vulnerable subpopulations with high propensity for extreme militancy and social unrests.
Improving on food distribution is vital for a healthy population which can also
build on its resilience to diseases. Improving food access in Africa will also lead
to food security and reduce the impacts of speculation on food like maize
seriously affecting farmers and many communities now.
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More understanding the African environment will lead to more innovative
solutions based on needs. Africa will be able to harness its natural powers like
water, wind, solar etc to provide the necessary energy needed for one of the
fastest growing continents today.
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Besides a better understanding of African marine systems will help in establishing
inventories on rare, endangered or over exploited species which can also help in
shaping better policies to increase monitoring, evaluation and also increasing
production when it is necessary. This will help communities to develop better
ways of handling wastes and may help create a more lucrative working
relationship between industrial trawlers and countries which in many ways now
are affected by unsustainable methods like twin trawling and the over harvesting
of juvenile fish in spawning grounds. A more healthy marine policy in Africa
will increase fish yields, improve on access to proteins vital in stepping up
resilience against diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, reduce movements into
livelihoods options like forest animal exploitation etc. This can only work if
7. dumping of waste is curbed along with unsustainable drilling of oil as has been
noticed in the Delta region of Nigeria for instance. Sustainable fishing replenishes
the seas and rejuvenates species including coral reefs vital for marine eco-tourism
which is a huge foreign currency earner.
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More so, conservation of biodiversity in Africa can be more effective if various
areas under threat are mapped while trajectories are established between states to
resolve the issues (FAOHOM, B. 2001). Many species are transboundary in nature
and the borders between many states in Africa are only political or a legacy of
colonialism hence exploring tools that can effectively reduce suspicions on
biodiversity use, increase cooperation among countries will help in increasing
benefits to communities and countries. It might incidentally affect positively
tourism across countries and build peace between neighbours. Arguably this point
is the raison d’etre on joint conservation zones in Central Africa and East Africa
lately. Conserving the forests will also reduce the rate of exposure to climate
change and its fallouts such as sporadic rainfall, floods, droughts, climate
variability etc which have been seen to affect even more seriously the poor and
most vulnerable. This can only work if development interventions make use of
links between climate, forests, watery holes, destruction of fish, mangroves,
conservation, livelihoods etc in order to establish holistic accountable instruments
that can affect more stakeholders and improve on the lives millions presently
living in poverty across the continent.
•
Besides, high disease prevalence can be curbed with research based studies on the
nature, cycle, mode of transmission, impacts etc of diseases in Africa. Local
8. adaptable technologies, laboratories and skill base must be developed to step up
reaction time to plaques, diseases including HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition etc.
A more informed mechanism to tackle outbreaks and with local solutions will
reduce overhead costs from foreign expertise, drugs, technologies etc which are
currently high and affecting a favourable balance of payment deficit for Africa.
Links thus must be established between diseases studies, unemployment, poverty,
crimes, wellbeing etc in order to arrive at more inclusive, participatory and
flexible approaches towards sustainable development in the continent.
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More participation and inclusion in Africa can only be enabled with better
infrastructural links between urban and rural areas, various policy areas, between
countries and between sub-populations. This entails the transformation of
governances into accountable systems, reduction of the power of line ministries,
curbing the excesses of patrimonialism, fighting corruption etc in order that
investments into educational, transport, industrial infrastructures will not be
diverted and will be based on informed data rather than political rhetoric. This
will only work if conflict resolution and tolerance are enabled so that all
stakeholders are involved in governances for development. This must be
supported by more urgent precise and effective mechanisms for growth and
integration across sub-regions and sub-populations in the continent.
Effecting the necessary actions for a better understanding of the African continent is not
without challenges. Some of the challenges that must be overcome include the following:
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Putting natural resource management and exploitation within the general popular
debates and parliamentary scrutiny. This reduces unsustainable deals between
9. powerful line ministries, individuals and trans-national corporations which have
not benefited the bulk of the sub-populations in many key areas including mining.
This can work with more representative governments and democratic institutions.
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Ending conflicts between and within countries. Conflict situations exist between
South Sudan and Sudan, Somalia and Kenya, between insurgents and the Nigerian
government, between insurgents and the government of Chad etc. Conflicts affect
the flow of goods and services between regions and undermine integration and
union across the continent. Social and economic gaps must be narrowed in order
that an emerging middleclass can sprout which will be able to guarantee domestic
spending within the continent. Domestic consumption is vital for growth,
wellbeing and development. Reducing conflicts can also help in joint
management of natural resources in areas where resources cut across boundaries
such as the Lake Chad Basin area (Coe and Foley, 2001)
However, despite the challenges listed above, this article has successfully demonstrated
that a better understanding of the African environment will lead to cost saving advantages
for Africa. It will lead to a better understanding of the root causes of poverty and may
lead to better interventions to fight poverty. It will lead to the establishment of more
lucrative links across sectors and sub-contexts which are important in vulgarizing
development in the continent. It will lead to better infrastructures, a more dynamic skill
base and to better management of resources. It will lead to more effective devices to fight
against the fallouts of climate change including drought, desertification, diminishing
rangelands, sporadic rainfalls, floods, low crop yields, food insecurity, malnutrition,
embedded and chronic poverty etc. It will lead to an enabling environment for both