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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD’s) trade and environment report 2013, warns that continuous rural poverty, persistent hunger and growing populations, must be treated as a collective crisis.
The report sub-titled, “Wake up before it is too late: Make agriculture truly sustainable now for food security in a changing climate” says urgent and far-reaching action is needed before climate change begins to cause major disruptions to agriculture, especially in developing countries.
Despite the warning, vulnerability to increased frequency and intensity of droughts and floods in East Africa continue to suffocate the region’s economic growth. With a population of approximately 130 million people, the EAC remains vulnerable to the imbalance between climate change, food security and trade...
