Year of publication 2009

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Pages 7

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Product type Document

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Climate change is emerging as a major challenge to agriculture development in Africa. The increasingly unpredictable and erratic nature of weather systems on the continent have placed an extra burden on food security and rural livelihoods. Widespread destruction of farms and homes in recent record flooding in Burkina Faso and the prolonged drought in Ethiopia, demonstrate the extent of the threat posed by Africa’s changing climate. Agriculture is expected to pay a significant cost of the damage caused by climate change. Progress on rural development has already been hit hard by the combined effect of the global financial downturn and the food crisis, as a result, hunger and malnutrition trends remain stubbornly high. Without extensive adaptation the effects of climate change on agriculture is expected to exacerbate Africa’s deepening food crisis, narrowing channels of food access and slowing efforts to expand food productivity

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Language English

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