Title : Climate change management in a developing country: Lessons from the perspective of agricultural value chains
Abstract:
This presentation highlights the impact of climate change on horticulture value chains in Zimbabwe that have potential to export to the European Union and United Kingdom markets (UK/EU). The paper provides recommendations on how value chain participants could respond to negative environmental and climate change impacts of horticulture production. In the coming years, the increasing effects of climate change will turn into major challenges for horticulture and it is critical that the envisaged UK trade programme (UKTP) with Zimbabwe is prepared for possible climate risks. The projected climatic phenomena for the promising value chains in the UKTP will be likely impacted through frost, heat stress and continued dry spells, greater pressure on water resources, as well as energy shortages industry. Through this, the productivity, efficiency and reliability of the horticulture value chains could be negatively affected. To respond to these climate impacts this study has made a number of recommendations in accordance with the critical points —inputs, production, processing and post-harvest—of the value chain. The study also gives general adaptation measures that could be pursued in the agricultural sector and the possible methods of financing these measures
