AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA NEGATIVELY IM PACTED BY THE ACCELERATED GLOBAL W ARM ING Rotten Yam
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FROMANIN- DEPTH PERSPECTIVE, 96%OF EGYPTIS DESERTAND97% OF THEPOPULATIONIS CONCENTRATEDONLYON4% OF THEIRRIGATEDLAND.
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Th e issu es of cl im ate ch an ge an d its im pact on food secu r ity ar e in cr easin gl y r ecogn ized in differ en t par ts of th e wor l d, in cl u din g Afr ica. Afr ica is epitom ized as th e m ost vu l n er abl e con tin en t to cl im ate ch an ge tr igger ed by gl obal war m in g. Con cer n over th e n egative im pact of cl im ate ch an ge h as str en gth en ed fear s th at en vir on m en tal degr adation an d dem ogr aph ic pr essu r es wil l displ ace m il l ion s of peopl e in Afr ica an d cr eate ser iou s social u ph eaval . Accor din g to th e IPCC (2007), agr icu l tu r al pr odu ctivity wil l decl in e fr om 21% to 9% by 2080 du e to cl im ate ch an ge in su b-Sah ar an Afr ica. Th e r epor t in dicates th at r isin g tem per atu r es an d r edu ced pr ecipitation ar e l ik el y to r edu ce th e pr odu ction of stabl e food by u p to 50% an d abou t two-th ir ds of Afr ica?s ar abl e l an d is expected to be l ost by 2025 becau se of th e l ack of r ain fal l an d dr ou gh t. Agr icu l tu r e is cr itical to Afr ica?s gr owth an d devel opm en t, bu t cl im ate ch an ge cou l d destabil ize l ocal m ar k ets, cu r b gr owth , an d h eigh ten r isk s for agr icu l tu r al in vestor s. Th is is pr ovabl e sin ce cl im ate ch an ge wil l disr u pt an d in ter fer e with th e n atu r al ecosystem 's stabil ity an d adaptation su ch th at gr assl an ds an d deser t ecosystem s wil l expan d in ar ea, wh il e th e r ich for est
