What can smallholder farmers grow in a warmer world? Climate change and future crop suitability in East and Southern Africa
According to a new study, rising temperatures and decreased rainfall in eight Southern and East African countries are likely to reduce the production of vital food crops in the region by 2050. The International Fund for Agricultural Development has issued the scientists' report, which covers Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In what IFAD describes as a "worst-case scenario," the annual maize crop in a household in Angola's Namibe province might drop by 77 percent by 2050. Beans, cassava, cowpeas, groundnuts, maize, millet, peas, pigeon peas, sesame, sorghum, sweet potato, and wheat were among the staple foods studied.
Autor: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Organización: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Otras organizaciones: University of Cape Town
Año: 2021
País(es): Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cobertura geográfica: África
Tipo: Informe
Texto completo disponible en: https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/-/climate-change-and-future-crop-suitability-in-east-and-southern-africa
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English