IFPRI's African agriculture and climate change - A comprehensive analysis series: 3 books for West, Eastern and Southern Africa

This series of three books examines the food security threats facing countries in West Africa (see also NL nbr 17), Eastern Africa and Southern Africa and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout each region. Africa's population is expected to grow at least through mid-century. The continent will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate change makes the challenges greater. Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increasing extreme events. Without attention to adaptation, the poor will suffer. Through the use of hundreds of scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, these reports present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050. They also offer recommendations to national governments and regional economic agencies already dealing with the vulnerabilities of climate change and deviations in environment.