Publication Date:
2018-03-06
Description:
Projected changes in crop yield mean and variability over West Africa in a world 1.5 K warmer than the pre-industrial era Ben Parkes, Dimitri Defrance, Benjamin Sultan, Philippe Ciais, and Xuhui Wang Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 119-134, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-119-2018, 2018 We present an analysis of three crops in West Africa and their response to short-term climate change in a world where temperatures are 1.5 °C above the preindustrial levels. We show that the number of crop failures for all crops is due to increase in the future climate. We further show the difference in yield change across several West African countries and show that the yields are not expected to increase fast enough to prevent food shortages.
Print ISSN:
2190-4979
Electronic ISSN:
2190-4987
Topics:
Geosciences
