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.
作者: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
组 织: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
其他组织: University of Cape Town
年份: 2021
国家: Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
地理范围: 非洲
类别: 报告
内容语言: English