Securing a sustainable future: the climate change threat to agriculture, food security, and sustainable development goals

A Saleem, S Anwar, T Nawaz, S Fahad, S Saud… - Journal of Umm Al-Qura …, 2024 - Springer
Climate alteration poses a consistent threat to food security and agriculture production
system. Agriculture sector encounters severe challenges in achieving the sustainable …

Grounding global environmental assessments through bottom-up futures based on local practices and perspectives

L Pereira, GR Asrar, R Bhargava, LH Fisher, A Hsu… - Sustainability …, 2021 - Springer
Future scenarios and pathways of potential development trajectories are powerful tools to
assist with decision-making to address many sustainability challenges. Such scenarios play …

Impacts of COVID-19 on diverse farm systems in Tanzania and South Africa

HG Tripathi, HE Smith, SM Sait, SM Sallu, S Whitfield… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emerging information on the interactions between the COVID-19 pandemic and global food
systems have highlighted how the pandemic is accentuating food crises across Africa. Less …

Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate

M van Zonneveld, R Kindt, S McMullin… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
As climate changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Africa's “forgotten” food crops offer a wide
range of options to diversify major staple production as a key measure toward achieving …

Innovation systems and affordances in climate smart agriculture

HE Smith, SM Sallu, S Whitfield… - Journal of Rural …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is significant international investment and effort in the development, piloting and
upscaling of climate smart agriculture (CSA), with particular emphasis on delivering benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of rainfall and temperature variability for agricultural water management in the upper Genale river basin, Ethiopia

M Shigute, T Alamirew, A Abebe, CE Ndehedehe… - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
A better understanding of climate-induced changes and support for adaptation strategies
requires knowledged of the spatiotemporal dynamics of climatic variables. This study aims to …

Changes in Climate Extremes and Their Effect on Maize (Zea mays L.) Suitability Over Southern Africa

A Chemura, SS Nangombe, S Gleixner… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Southern Africa has been identified as one of the hotspot areas of climate extremes
increasing, at the same time many communities in the region are dependent on rain-fed …

Unprecedented climate extremes in South Africa and implications for maize production

CD Bradshaw, E Pope, G Kay, JCS Davie… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Maize is the most important crop grown in South Africa, but yields can be severely reduced
by extreme high summer average temperatures and low precipitation, potentially adversely …

A systematic review of recent estimations of climate change impact on agriculture and adaptation strategies perspectives in Africa

S Kone, A Balde, P Zahonogo, S Sanfo - Mitigation and Adaptation …, 2024 - Springer
The systematic review using the PRISMA protocol aims to identify the observed and
projected impacts of climate change on crop production and food security, water resources …

Localized phosphorus application via P-dipping doubles applied P use efficiency and avoids weather-induced stresses for rice production on P-deficient lowlands

AZ Oo, Y Tsujimoto, NM Rakotoarisoa… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
To achieve higher production with minimal environmental impact in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), it is crucial to make technical transitions from low-input to nutrient-use-efficient …