Climate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Earlier research that reports a correlational pattern between climate anomalies and violent conflict routinely refers to drought-induced agricultural shocks and adverse economic spillover effects as a key causal mechanism linking the two phenomena. Comparing half a century of statistics on climate v...

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Main Authors: Halvard Buhaug, Tor A Benjaminsen, Espen Sjaastad, Ole Magnus Theisen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
climate change
security
food
conflict
Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125015

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125015

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