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Scaling up Climate Resilience in Benin: The launch of the …

Adaptation in Agriculture: Drought-resilient farming in the Savalou Hills. Agriculture and food security have been a priority sector for all developing countries that have communicated NAPs to the UNFCCC to date.. Benin''s agricultural sector is especially vulnerable to climate change and a top priority for protecting livelihoods, as it represents 32% of the GDP and …

Environmental Sustainability: The Importance, Issues …

The bottom line. Environmental sustainability is the key to human well-being in the present and future. The only way to reverse climate change and avoid climatic disasters is to live in harmony with nature. By …

Explainer: What Is Sustainability and Why Is It Important?

Environmental sustainability is perhaps the most obvious of the three pillars, as it symbolises the importance of things like natural resources and biodiversity to support life on Earth.; Social sustainability places importance on social structures, well-being, and harmony; all factors that poverty, wars, and injustices can affect.; Economic …

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INVESTIGATING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE SDG6 BY 2030: A CASE STUDY OF BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. by Ruth Ogbonmwan, Furat Al-Faraj. Section: Sustainable Development. Academia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability, 1 (1) Academia is a place to share and follow research.

Public perception and awareness of waste management from Benin …

Ministry of Environment and Sustainability, Edo State Government, Benin City, 300372, Nigeria F. O. Iyalomhe Department of Environmental Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja ...

Shifting cultivation policies: balancing environmental and social ...

Shifting cultivation policies: balancing environmental and social sustainability. Shifting cultivation supports around 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion and robs lowland areas of water.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Benin 2019-2024

A project is aiming to build the climate resilience of local communities in central and northern Benin by using climate-resilient agricultural techniques and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), a …

Digital agriculture to design sustainable agricultural systems

DA can be used to design and implement sustainable agricultural systems at farm and landscape scales. Full size image. The complexity of agricultural systems and the multi-faceted nature of ...

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He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers and 5 books. His research work is widely recognized and has more than 3000 citations with H-index of 30 according to Web of Science. Dr. Zhang has served as the General Secretary of Environmental Geoscience Branch of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences.

Sustainability Analysis in Agricultural Policies in Benin

The aim of this study is to analyze the current agricultural policies and his link with the current environmental policies in Benin Republic. The data from Ministries and Structures in charge of Agriculture, Environment, Health and Human being were used. ... This paper reviewed agricultural sustainability and Environmental quality in Nigeria ...

Ecological sustainability and environmental risks of agricultural ...

mental sustainability in inland valleys in Benin. W e investig ated the pressures on this agro- ecosystem that may hav e environmental impacts (Pender et al. 2004 ; Amissah-Arthur and

Benin | Climate Change Adaptation

Benin has shown a strong commitment to issues relating to the global environment and sustainable development. This project builds on that commitment by supplying the …

Can environmental sustainability be decoupled from economic …

1. Introduction. Discussions between environmental sustainability and economic growth have increased on a global basis over the last decade (Mundia et al., 2019), although critical sustainability policy delivery has been hampered due to a lack of policy guides and opportunistic state actions recent decades, several arguments have …

Scaling up Climate Resilience in Benin: The launch of the …

Submitted to UNFCCC on July 08, 2022, Benin''s first NAP defines a clear set of adaptation actions to build resilience to climate change in eight key sectors: agriculture, water …

Current Agricultural and Environmental Policies in …

With an area of 114,763 km occupied by 11,496,140 people in 2018, Benin Republic in West Africa, is divided. into 77 Municipalities and height (08) agro-ecological zones (Figure 1). The mean ...

An alternative development model? Assessing solar electrification …

With the help of an Environmental Venture Projects (EVP) grant from the Woods Institute for the Environment, the research team began monitoring the economic, agricultural and environmental impacts of SELF''s solar-powered irrigation project in Benin.

Influence of land tenure interventions on human well-being and

Land tenure security is increasingly recognized as a foundational element for advancing global sustainable development agendas, but questions remain about how it affects human well-being and ...

(PDF) Mushrooms and Environmental Sustainability

adverse environment. 1.1 Mushroom and Environment. Mushrooms grow in nature on pasture lands, on forest soils, on tree. trunks dead and alive, in associatio n with roots of forest trees, on. dead ...

Benin | Green Climate Fund

Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural …

Environmental Sustainability: Definition, Examples & More

Economic sustainability is the responsibility of businesses and communities. Here, they are encouraged to use their resources responsibly and efficiently. Economic sustainability is designed to support long-term economic growth without harming the environmental, social, and cultural aspects of our global community.

Novel participatory indicators of sustainability reveal weaknesses …

The method was applied to a case study of maize farming. We found values of 41 for economic sustainability, 55 for environmental sustainability, and 40 for social sustainability. This finding evidences some weaknesses of maize farming in northern Benin because the sustainability threshold value is 50.

Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Benin: …

Benin, a country in West Africa, relies heavily on agriculture, particularly cotton, maize, and rice cultivation. The study aims to estimate GHG emissions across 77 …

Benin Economic Update 2024: Adapting to climate change for …

According to the second edition of the Benin Economic Update Report, achieving sustainable and resilient economic growth in the coming decades will depend on efforts …

Organic agriculture for agro-environmental sustainability

Organic agriculture is regularly professed as more sustainable than traditional or conventional farming. In conventional farming systems, we faced severe problems with sustainability, and organic agriculture is noticed as a more environmental-friendly method as it favors recycling nutrients, renewable resources, and uses of …

Benin Sustainable Development Report 2022

The 2022 Sustainable Development Report ranks Benin among the countries with "strong commitment" to the SDGs according to our global survey of …

Benin | Global Information Society Watch

The NDP is aimed at addressing economic growth, inequalities and social exclusion, but also environmental sustainability, plus effective and inclusive governance. In line with the Vision Bénin 2025 Alafia, the government''s digital policy aims to transform Benin into a key country offering digital services in West Africa for accelerating ...

Benin Country Climate and Development Report

Despite having amongst the lowest greenhouse gas emissions globally – at only 0.05% of global emissions – Benin is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. …

Evaluating the impact of poor waste disposal management on ...

The rapid increase in population and the uncontrolled expansion of Nigerian cities has led to a concomitant rise in the generation of solid waste. The absence of a wholesome policy on solid waste disposal has thus foisted a dire situation raising strong concerns about environmental sustainability in Nigeria. The government''s response to …

Contributions of the GEF to the sustainable development of Benin …

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has made significant contributions to Benin''s development since 1992, particularly through the promotion of a sound and …

Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. [2] [1] Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): environmental, economic, and …

Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Benin 2019-2024

Benin is a West African country with a rapidly growing population of over 12 million people, the vast majority of whom live in rural areas. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 150th out of 175 countries in terms of GDP per capita. Agriculture currently supports about 70% of the population''s livelihoods, but the strong …

Benin BJ: CPIA: Policy and Institutions For Environmental ...

Benin BJ: CPIA: Policy and Institutions For Environmental Sustainability Rating: 1=Low To 6=High data was reported at 3.500 NA in Dec 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.500 NA for Dec 2021. Benin BJ: CPIA: Policy and Institutions For Environmental Sustainability Rating: 1=Low To 6=High data is updated yearly, …

Environmental Efficiency of Organic and Conventional Cotton in Benin …

Recent years have seen an increasing awareness of the relative advantage of organic and conventional agriculture. This study aims to analyze the environmental efficiency of organic and conventional cotton in Benin. A Translog hyperbolic distance function which allows us to consider the joint production of desirable and undesirable …

Environmental Efficiency of Organic and Conventional Cotton in Benin

Acco rding to Reference [3], environmental efficiency is an environmental indicator which allows us to promote environmental management in agricultural production. Many studies have treated nutrient use and pesticides risk as undesirable output or environmental detrimental input to estimate the environmental efficiency of organic farming [6]. To

Identifying the land use and land cover change drivers ...

Vegetation patterns and environmental gradedients in Benin Implications for biogeography and conservation. Wageningen University. ... Turner, B. L., Lambin, E. F., & Reenberg, A. (2007). The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(52), …

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DOUGNON Tamègnon Victorien I am currently working as Senior Lecturer at the Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin. I am involved, through my work, in the fight against antimicrobial resistance in Africa and, as a scientist, my interests are linked to molecular microbiology, hygiene and public health. I am a …

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