Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared

Ongoing investments in agriculture will not deliver for Africa until the destabilising nature of crop pests events, especially shock outbreak events, are addressed. As a result of climate change, the prevalence of crop pests will change and the frequency of shock pest events will increase, putting a...

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Main Authors: International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65225
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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description Ongoing investments in agriculture will not deliver for Africa until the destabilising nature of crop pests events, especially shock outbreak events, are addressed. As a result of climate change, the prevalence of crop pests will change and the frequency of shock pest events will increase, putting agricultural systems at risk. The granularity of these changes, in terms of choices by farmers, cropping systems and markets, presents a critical challenge. This submission was prepared by Julian Smith, Food and Environment Research Agency, UK (julian.smith@fera.gsi.gov.uk), with support from the CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). The submission has received inputs from CGIAR centers and partners including, Jurgen Kroschel at the International Potato Center (CIP), and Todd Rosenstock at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
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spelling CGSpace652252024-07-29T19:30:59Z Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared International Center for Tropical Agriculture CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security climate change agriculture food security Ongoing investments in agriculture will not deliver for Africa until the destabilising nature of crop pests events, especially shock outbreak events, are addressed. As a result of climate change, the prevalence of crop pests will change and the frequency of shock pest events will increase, putting agricultural systems at risk. The granularity of these changes, in terms of choices by farmers, cropping systems and markets, presents a critical challenge. This submission was prepared by Julian Smith, Food and Environment Research Agency, UK (julian.smith@fera.gsi.gov.uk), with support from the CGIAR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). The submission has received inputs from CGIAR centers and partners including, Jurgen Kroschel at the International Potato Center (CIP), and Todd Rosenstock at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). 2015-04-28 2015-04-28T16:10:07Z 2015-04-28T16:10:07Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65225 en Open Access application/pdf CIAT-CCAFS. 2015. Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared. Submission to UNFCCC SBSTA 42 on issues related to agriculture in response to SBSTA decision FCC/SBSTA/2014/L.14.
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food security
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared
title Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared
title_full Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared
title_fullStr Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared
title_full_unstemmed Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared
title_short Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared
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topic climate change
agriculture
food security
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