Climate Change and Crop Production in Africa

Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation Strategies

In spite of recent technological and scientific advances, weather is still the most important variable in crop production. The climatic factor affects crop and determines the adequacy of food supplies into major ways. One is through weather hazards to crops and the other is the control exercised by climate on the type of agriculture feasible or viable in a given area. Climatic parameters have an influence on all stages of the crop production chain including land preparation, sowing, crop growth and management, harvesting, storage, transport and marketing. To improve communities’ resilience, decision-makers must anticipate the impacts and encourage decisions that improve the region will enhance to cope and adapt, such as the development of early warning systems. Adaptation can either be proactive or reactive, and the form, of response, can take place within natural systems or within humans. Reactions within the human system can be motivated by either public or private interests, and they can be planned or autonomous.