Tags: Food security, Climate change, Dry areas, Vegetation cover, Natural resources availability, Mitigation, Adaptation methods, Policy adaptations

Contains the proceedings of a conference, Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas that was held in Amman, Jordan from 1-4 February 2010. The aims of the Conference were to: (a) share views and experiences between national and international experts and other stakeholders on the urgent food security issues expected to be impacted by climate change; (b) identify technologies, economic and policy options and priorities, to buffer climate change impacts through mitigation and adaptation and ecosystem resilience; (c) identify effective modalities and mechanisms of cooperative partnerships between various national, regional and international institutes and organizations; and (d) mobilize human and financial resources to enhance regional and international cooperation, and to support research and development activities to cope with climate change.

Food security and climatechange in dry areas.pdf