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- Successful Crop Innovation Is Mitigating Climate Crisis Impact in Africa -


Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA
On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year, we are re-publishing one article a day, for the next two weeks.
The original article was published on February 17 2021
A woman farmer in Mozambique with DT maize harvest. Credit: CIMMYT
IBADAN and MEXICO CITY, Feb 17 2021 (IPS) – 17 February – African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate change: 2020 was the second hottest year on record, while prolonged droughts and explosive floods are directly threatening the livelihoods of millions. By the 2030s, lack of rainfall and rising temperatures could render 40 percent of Africa’s maize-growing area unsuitable for climate-vulnerable varieties grown by farmers, while maize remains the preferred and affordable staple food for millions of Africans who survive on less than a few dollars of income a day. ....

Antonio Guterres , Nteranya Sanginga , Martin Kropff , Veronica Nduku , Prasanna Boddupalli , Development Aid , Melinda Gates Foundation , Development Research , Sustainable Development Goals Sdgs , International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture , Wheat Improvement Center , Research Program , International Maize , Global Maize Program , Climate Change , Combating Desertification , Food Security , Terraviva United , Director General , World Environment Day , Saharan Africa , International Institute , Tropical Agriculture , Drought Tolerant Maize , Stress Tolerant Maize , Accelerating Genetic Gains ,

- Successful Crop Innovation Is Mitigating Climate Crisis Impact in Africa -


Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA
On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year, we are re-publishing one article a day, for the next two weeks.
The original article was published on February 17 2021
A woman farmer in Mozambique with DT maize harvest. Credit: CIMMYT
IBADAN and MEXICO CITY, Feb 17 2021 (IPS) – 17 February – African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate change: 2020 was the second hottest year on record, while prolonged droughts and explosive floods are directly threatening the livelihoods of millions. By the 2030s, lack of rainfall and rising temperatures could render 40 percent of Africa’s maize-growing area unsuitable for climate-vulnerable varieties grown by farmers, while maize remains the preferred and affordable staple food for millions of Africans who survive on less than a few dollars of income a day. ....

Antonio Guterres , Nteranya Sanginga , Martin Kropff , Veronica Nduku , Prasanna Boddupalli , Development Aid , Melinda Gates Foundation , Development Research , Sustainable Development Goals Sdgs , International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture , Wheat Improvement Center , Research Program , International Maize , Global Maize Program , Climate Change , Combating Desertification , Food Security , Terraviva United , Director General , World Environment Day , Saharan Africa , International Institute , Tropical Agriculture , Drought Tolerant Maize , Stress Tolerant Maize , Accelerating Genetic Gains ,