With an accelerated increase in temperatures expected across Africa, climate change experts are predicting a rise of two degrees Celsius in many sub-Saharan countries between 2025 and 2040.
Climate change experts caution that this worrisome trend is raising concerns about its potential ramifications on food production and security across the continent.
Speaking on the need to be alert, Interim Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Enock Chivaka, cautioned during the African Food Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya, that several nations in Africa are already grappling with declining crop yields.
Chivaka, an agriculture expert, also emphasized that “without adequate funding for sustainable research, the looming food crisis could worsen where the impact of the climate-related issues on agriculture was not urgently addressed.
He further delved into the efforts undertaken by national agencies to mitigate the impending food crisis in Africa, highlighting a disconcerting static due to global productivity that had experienced a 20 percent drop between 1961 and 2015.
He said this represents a staggering 40 percent reduction in productivity during the period mentioned.
