AFRICA: CLIMATE CHANGE: Link Between Crop Faillure and Climate Change Often Missed

CAPE TOWN - Farmers in Africa are being urged to change their agricultural practices to lessen the impact of climate change. Sorghum, for instance, is more heat resistant and therefore does better than maize in places where rainfall decreases. According to a conference on global warming and climate change that ended on the 24th of July in Cape Town, South Africa, climate change is having profound effect on food security in Africa. According to Dr Gina Ziervogel, senior researcher at the Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town, the relationship between climate change and food security is a complex one. Ziervogel detailed the effects of changing or extreme weather patterns on agricultural production, adding that it can even influence people's health as they are forced to buy cheaper food, which is often... [read full story]