Front Cover -- BEYOND AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS -- BEYOND AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- 1 - Introduction: Grounding Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in Africa -- 1. AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA -- 2. CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY AND AGRICULTURE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- 3. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- 4. VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- 5. PROBLEM ORIENTATION AND LAYOUT -- REFERENCES -- 2 - Assessing Local Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production in Southern Africa: Critiquing an Approach -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IMPORTANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS -- 2.1 Emission Scenarios and Concentration Pathways -- 2.2 Generating Future Climate and Impact Projections -- 3. APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE -- 4. METHODOLOGY -- 5. LOCAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 5.1 Climate Model Projections -- 5.2 Challenges With Climate Model Projections in Southern Africa -- 6. LOCAL CROP IMPACT PROJECTIONS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 6.1 Crop Model Projections -- 6.2 Challenges With Localized Crop Response Projections in Southern Africa -- 7. STRENGTHENING LOCAL-LEVEL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 8. BEYOND BIOPHYSICAL MODELING OF AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS -- 9. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- 3 - A Cross-Region Study: Climate Change Adaptation in Malawi's Agro-based Systems -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONSTRUCT -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Sample Farmers -- 3.2 Drivers of Adaptation Choices -- 4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING
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