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Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture

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  • Ulrike Rippke

    (International Center for Tropical Agriculture
    University of Bonn)

  • Julian Ramirez-Villegas

    (International Center for Tropical Agriculture
    Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
    CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS))

  • Andy Jarvis

    (International Center for Tropical Agriculture
    CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS))

  • Sonja J. Vermeulen

    (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Louis Parker

    (International Center for Tropical Agriculture)

  • Flora Mer

    (International Center for Tropical Agriculture)

  • Bernd Diekkrüger

    (University of Bonn)

  • Andrew J. Challinor

    (Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
    CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS))

  • Mark Howden

    (CSIRO Agriculture, GPO Box 1700
    Climate Change Institute, Australian National University)

Abstract

Climate change may necessitate transformative adaptation of agricultural systems. Research now indicates when and where the cultivation of key crops in sub-Saharan African will become unviable.

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  • Ulrike Rippke & Julian Ramirez-Villegas & Andy Jarvis & Sonja J. Vermeulen & Louis Parker & Flora Mer & Bernd Diekkrüger & Andrew J. Challinor & Mark Howden, 2016. "Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(6), pages 605-609, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate2947
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2947
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