A review of effects of climate change on Agriculture in Africa
Samuel Asante Gyamerah, Dennis Ikpe
TL;DR
This paper reviews how climate change disproportionately impacts African agriculture, which, despite low GHG emissions, faces significant threats to its main economic sector due to climate-related challenges.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of climate change effects on African agriculture, highlighting the climate justice issue and the sector's vulnerability.
Findings
Africa's agriculture contributes only 10% of global GHG emissions.
Climate change poses severe threats to Africa's main economic sector.
Disproportionate impacts highlight climate justice concerns.
Abstract
Currently, agriculture in Africa contributes only a tenth to global Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. Despite its relatively low contribution to GHG, a conundrum of "climate justice", adverse impacts of climate change disproportionately threaten Africa's agriculture, the Continent's main economic sector. Consequently, we seek to review the effects of climate change on Agriculture.
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Taxonomy
TopicsClimate change impacts on agriculture