Climate Change: Threat to Agricultural System and Food Security in Africa| Stephy Publishers

 

Global Scientific Research in Environmental Science - (GSRES) | Stephy Publishers
ISSN 2768 6124



Abstract
Climate change is unequivocal and nothing hides itself from its negative repercussions. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa will continue to be impacted due to their low adaptive capacities and geographic position. Unfavourable weather trends coupled with climatic variations will have adverse effect on agricultural sector which is the main source of livelihood to rural households on the continent. This literature review article assessed the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security in Africa. The lives of several in Africa cling on agriculture as it supports majority of the population. However, since over 90 percent of agriculture system in the region depends on rainfall, livelihoods of the citizens on the continent have been hit hard due to rising temperature, erratic rainfall and extreme weather conditions.

Keywords: Adaptive capacity, Diversification, Climate Variability, Drought

 

Background
The impacts of climate change and variability pose a global threat to agricultural growth and human welfare efforts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The continual decline in agricultural productivity coupled with food price hikes has stern repercussions for food security, especially in third world countries where there is high degree of vulnerability to climate change.1 In sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of the populace survive on climate-sensitive practices, mainly in agricultural production, changing climate and variability poses a developmental challenge.2,3 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change4 upholds climate change occurrence and has projected further change and rise in the characteristics of climate. Nearly all models agree that it will become warmer going forward, however, the extent of such warming is unpredictable. Rainfall on the other hand has been estimated to be highly inconsistent temporally and spatially.4 Global Circulation Models (GCMs) in the African region simulate great uncertainty with regards to the scale of rainfall changes. This is likely to worsen impacts on agriculture that has already triggered instability in production, reduction in crop yield and livestock productivity. This episode would consequently deteriorate hunger among millions of people globally, especially in Africa, Latin America, Small Island and some parts of Asia. This unfortunate upheaval is because of low adaptive capacity attributed to weak resource base, fragile institutions and limited technology.4 Projection of the repercussions of climate change and variability on agriculture demonstrates that in future, both production and productivity stability would fall in areas experiencing food insecurity.


To read more #EnvironmentalScience
https://www.stephypublishers.com/gsres/fulltext/GSRES.MS.ID.000518.php

 
More #Openaccessjournals
https://www.stephypublishers.com/



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Journal of Psychological Science and Research - (JPSSR) | Stephy Publishers

Image
  Journal of Psychological Science and Research - (JPSSR) | Stephy Publishers Journal of Psychological Science and Research is an international, peer reviewed open access journal, aims to publish articles on entire spectrum of the science of psychology. JPsSR acts as a source for the latest findings in social, developmental, cognitive, community, and health psychology, as well as behavioral neuroscience and biopsychology. The journal aims to publish high quality articles in the form of original research, review, case reports, mini-review, commentary, proceeding, editorial, etc. #Manuscriptsubmission https://www.stephypublishers.com/submit-manuscript.php More #Openaccessjournals https://www.stephypublishers.com/ # PsychologicalScience https://www.stephypublishers.com/psychological-science-and-research/
Read more
Image
 Chemo stratigraphic Profile of a Reservoir in Well “X” of Field “Y” Offshore Southern Gabon - Stephy Publishers In a bid to evaluate the elemental and mineralogical content of reservoir samples from the “X” well in the “Y” oil field offshore Southern Gabon, analyses were performed using XRD and XRF. The log view profile of the result inferred that Na, Mg, and Calcite were absent in the shallower series of the reservoir sandstones studied, this observation implies that they are soluble ions that had eroded and refer to warm and humid paleoclimate and a depositional environment that is arid, which corresponds to the continental crust as their source. The plot of Ti and FeO+Mg discriminate the deeper series of the reservoir sandstone samples from the shallower samples. The lower series showed heavier values which implies their origin from Oceanic Crust. These are also the pre-salt facies while the shallower series were more of continental origin and represent the post-salt facies. https:
Read more
Image
 Resilience, Risk-Taking Behavior and Aggression among Female Volleyball Players – a Preliminary Study The aim of the current study is to investigate the level of risk-taking behavior, resilience and aggression in female volleyball players and the link between these psychological variables and coach’s performance ranking. A Romanian volleyball team ranked 7th out of 11 in the A1 league in the national championship (2022-2023 period) participated at the study. The Romanian adaptation of the Brief Resilience Scale, The Romanian adaptation of Makarowski’s Stimulating and Instrumental Risk Questionnaire, The Romanian adaptation of Makarowski's Aggression Questionnaire and Delphi method (evaluation of female volleyball players by coaches) were used. Analysis of the results reveals that athletes have a low level of perseverance (Go-Ahead factor), a low level of Foul play and a moderate to low level of assertiveness. Also, most athletes registered average or even low levels of resilience
Read more