Nutzung der AfCFTA für verstärkte deutsche Investitionen in Afrika (EN)

The report examines the role of indigenous knowledge in bridging climate data gaps in Africa, highlighting how traditional observation methods and community-based forecasting can enhance the accuracy of early warning systems when integrated with scientific meteorology. It identifies the decline of this knowledge due to modernization and the preference for top-down scientific models, while providing examples of successful 'co-production' of climate information in countries like Kenya.

• Africa faces significant challenges in detecting and forecasting climate hazards due to insufficient investment in observation infrastructure and a rainfall regime with high spatial and temporal variability, which makes sparse meteorological forecasts unreliable.
• Indigenous knowledge systems can fill critical climate data gaps and help reconstruct historical climatic events in areas where in situ rainfall data is missing, such as through cultural naming conventions used by the Luo tribe in Kenya to mark periods of famine and drought.
• The 'co-production' of climate information, exemplified by the partnership between the Nganyi rainmakers in western Kenya and the Kenya Meteorological Department, creates higher community acceptance and ownership of forecasts by blending indigenous observations of flora and fauna with scientific meteorology.
• Indigenous knowledge is rapidly declining in Africa because it is often dismissed as 'primitive' or 'illegitimate', and because youth migrate to urban areas for monetizable employment rather than mastering traditional skills.
• Many African governments continue to rely on top-down approaches and objective computer-model forecasts, excluding indigenous practitioners and limiting the effectiveness of early warning systems in translating into early action.
• Community radio has emerged as an effective tool for including vulnerable populations in climate discourse, overcoming infrastructure deficits and allowing for direct feedback between local communities and climate producers.
• Successful integration of community-based and scientific forecasting has been demonstrated in several African nations, including Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania.

APA

Ogallo, L. (2021). Nutzung der AfCFTA für verstärkte deutsche Investitionen in Afrika (EN). Africa Policy Research Institute. https://afripoli.org/de/nutzung-afcfta-verstaerkte-deutsche-investitionen-afrika-en

Chicago

Ogallo, Linda. Nutzung der AfCFTA für verstärkte deutsche Investitionen in Afrika (EN). Africa Policy Research Institute, 2021. https://afripoli.org/de/nutzung-afcfta-verstaerkte-deutsche-investitionen-afrika-en.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ogallo2021nutzung, author = {Ogallo, Linda}, title = {{Nutzung der AfCFTA für verstärkte deutsche Investitionen in Afrika (EN)}}, institution = {Africa Policy Research Institute}, year = {2021}, month = nov, url = {https://afripoli.org/de/nutzung-afcfta-verstaerkte-deutsche-investitionen-afrika-en}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }