Climate change challenges efforts to maintain and improve crop production in many regions.
In this Review, we examine yield responses to warmer temperatures, elevated carbon …

By the end of this century, the average global temperature is predicted to rise due to the
increasing release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. This change in …

Abstract Agriculture in West Africa faces the challenge of meeting the rising demand for food
as national incomes and populations increase while production becomes more uncertain …

Climate change is one of the multiple challenges facing all categories of farmers globally.
However, African farmers are the most sensitive in respect of climate variability and change …

Background Plants have developed various sophisticated mechanisms to cope up with
climate extremes and different stress conditions, especially by involving specific transcription …

Adaptation research and practice too often overlooks the wider social context within which
climate change is experienced. Mainstream approaches frame adaptation problems in terms …

Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a C4 crop cultivated for its grain and stover in
crop-livestock-based rain-fed farming systems of tropics and subtropics in the Indian …

This study investigates the impacts of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa on yields of
maize and cereals (sorghum and millet) which are of particular importance to smallholding …

To reduce the risks of climate change, governments agreed in the Paris Agreement to limit
global temperature rise to less than 2.0 C above pre-industrial levels, with the ambition to …

Context The rapid emergence of COVID-19 could have direct and indirect impacts on food
production systems and livelihoods of farmers. From the farming perspective, disruption of …