Sustainable Development and Attainment of the Millenium Development Goals
- Chair: Sibry Tapsoba, Manager Special Projects, Office of the Chief Economist, African Development Bank
- Paper 1 - Fuzzy Indicator of Sustainable land Management and its correlates in Osun State, Nigeria - Abayomi Oyekale, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Discussant: Hoseana Bohela Lunogelo, Executive Director, ESRP, Uganda
- Paper 2 - Do Climatic Shocks matter for Food Security in Developing Countries? - Felix Badolo and Somlanare Romuald Kinda, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpment ,
Discussant: Zuzana Brixiova, Economic Advisor, UNDP Country Office, Swaziland
- Paper 3 - The Rhythm of the Rains: Seasonal Effects on Child Health in the Gambia - Ousman Gajigo and Benjamin Schwab, African Development Bank, Tunis / University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA
Discussant: Kwabia Boateng, Chief, NEPAD Section, EDND, UNECA
Did you know
By 2020, in some countries, yields from rainfed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50%
