Mar 19, 2014
Climate change to reduce crop yields much sooner than thought: Study
A new study suggests that climate change will adversely affect the crop yields around the globe much sooner than previously thought.
CGIAR Climate's insight:
"Our research shows that crop yields will be negatively affected by climate change much earlier than expected," said Andy Challinor of the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and lead author of the study. Challinor co-leads research on Adaptation for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).The study feeds directly into the Working Group II report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, to be published at the end this month.