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

This report examines the role of indigenous knowledge systems in enhancing climate change adaptation and disaster management in Africa. It argues that integrating traditional knowledge with scientific forecasting can bridge critical data gaps, improve the accuracy of early warning systems, and increase the resilience of vulnerable farming communities.

• Africa faces significant challenges in climate hazard monitoring and forecasting due to insufficient investment in observation infrastructure and a rainfall regime with high spatial and temporal variability, which limits the accuracy of meteorological forecasts.
• Indigenous knowledge systems can serve as vital tools for environmental conservation and natural disaster management, helping to fill climate data gaps and allowing for the reconstruction of historical climatic events through cultural practices such as naming children based on famine or drought.
• The integration of community-based and scientific forecasting has been successfully implemented to provide early warning information in several African nations, including Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania.
• The Nganyi rainmakers in western Kenya demonstrate a successful 'co-production of climate information' model by partnering with the Kenya Meteorological Department and the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre to create consensus forecasts disseminated via community radio.
• Indigenous knowledge is rapidly declining because it is often labeled as 'primitive' or 'illegitimate', and because practitioners cannot monetize their skills, leading youth to migrate to urban areas for employment instead of learning traditional skills.
• Community radio is identified as an effective tool for including local populations in climate discourse, overcoming infrastructure deficits and allowing vulnerable communities to provide feedback to climate producers.

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} }