Crops, crop pests and climate change �?? why Africa needs to be better prepared

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Crops, crop pests and climate change �?? why Africa needs to be better prepared

2015

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CIAT-CCAFS. Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared. CIAT-CCAFS, Copenhagen, Denmark (2015) 13 pp

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Ongoing investments in agriculture will not deliver for Africa until thedestabilising nature of crop pests events, especially shock outbreakevents, are addressed. As a result of climate change, the prevalence ofcrop pests will change and the frequency of shock pest events willincrease, putting agricultural systems at risk. The granularity of thesechanges, in terms of choices by farmers, cropping systems and markets,presents a critical challenge.Submission to UNFCCC SBSTA 42 on issues related to agriculture inresponse to SBSTA decision FCC/SBSTA/2014/L.14.This submission was prepared by Julian Smith, Food and EnvironmentResearch Agency, UK ([email protected]), with support fromthe CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and FoodSecurity (CCAFS). The submission has received inputs from CGIAR centersand partners including, Jurgen Kroschel at the International PotatoCenter (CIP), and Todd Rosenstock at the World Agroforestry Centre(ICRAF)

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