Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

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Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

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Media Contacts

Jeff Haskins: +254 729 871 422 or jhaskins [at] burnesscommunications [dot] com

Neil Palmer: +57 2 445 0000, ext. 3008 or n [dot] palmer [at] cgiar [dot] org

Press Materials

• Full details about the book and excerpts at the Wiley website 

Press Release

• Scientists Eye "Windows of Opportunity" for Adapting Food Crops to Climate Change in the Next Two Decades [EN] 

• Científicos vislumbran "ventanas de oportunidad" para adaptar cultivos alimenticios al cambio climático en las próximas dos décadas [ES]

Explore the data and related multimedia

See how projected climate change might affect key crops across the tropics and watch interviews with farmers in affected regions

• Probing the Potato
• The Cavendish Banana and its Plantain Cousins
• Beans, the “Poor Man’s Protein”
• Cassava: Too Much of a Good Thing

The Adaptation and Mitigation Knowledge Network (AMKN) is a new online platform that brings together a large volume of knowledge from diverse sources about climate mitigation and adaptation and links it to an interactive map. The platform allows users to access information such as climate models, drought indexes, and socioeconomic data about agriculture together with farmer comments on video and photos from pilot sites across the tropics. Updated continually with new data, the AMKN is an initiative of CCAFS that draws on information from the CGIAR centers and partners.

Additional Maps and Photos

Photos related to Crop Adaptation to Climate Change in target regions across the tropics