Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
As climate change becomes more of a reality, bringing uneven seasons, longer
droughts and heavy rains that are often accompanied by strong winds, floods and
disease, farmers in SSA are starting to plant more resilient varieties. Those who do
plant varieties that are drought-tolerant, disease-resistant, fast-maturing and with
stronger stems — traits that counter the climate’s tricks — reap big.
Dr. Emmanuel Zziwa, national climate change and adaptation officer at the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, said more farmers in the region are
changing crop choices to get around climate change and its effects. From Kenya to
Nigeria and from Sudan to South Africa, farmers are transitioning. And as a result,
they are harvesting “more food” and starting to look at agriculture as more than
subsistence.
Bt , GMO
Climate Change , Food Security
Agricultural Biotechnology , Agriculture
Africa, GMO, GM crops, Malaria, Maize, Forests
12 Mar 2019
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