First from the widespread famine affected Africa.
Despite the measures taken by the international community, the threat of global warming remains a serious problem for the inhabitants of the Earth. As often happens in such cases, the most vulnerable to climate change are developing countries. One of the consequences of global warming has been the decline in the yield of corn. Recall that this is one of the staple foods in many African countries South of the Sahara. According to the publication “Important,” the population of these States may face famine after a decade.
“Increasing temperatures, more frequent droughts and heat waves significantly affect how you will behave in the corn growing on the fields in Africa. We tracked how the temperature of the air and soil affects the duration of the growth period of corn. It turned out that the increase in temperature leads to a reduction of this period, and accordingly, the decrease in the accumulated biomass,” said Andy Challinor (Andy Sterman) from the University of Leeds (UK).
As shown by these calculations, in the coming years, Africa and the entire Earth as a whole can expect a critical situation with access to corn – in 2018 maize yields in some parts of the dark continent will fall sharply, and by 2030, modern varieties of corn will not be able to grow normally in the vast majority of African countries.
An additional problem is that the breeding of new varieties of agriculture – employment is extremely slow. On average, a new variety of corn thrown by breeders and developed by farmers for 20-30 years, whereas climate change in Africa is moving at a much faster pace.
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