African Development Bank’s Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, Dr. Kevin Kariuki, has said climate change will cause a decrease in yields of eight to 22 per cent for Africa’s rain-fed stable crops over the next 20 years.
He spoke at a webinar titled, ‘Are Climate-Smart and Digital Agriculture Solutions the Silver Bullet to Attract Youth?’
The webinar highlighted the potential of climate-smart and digital agriculture in attracting young people and, thereby, rejuvenating an ageing global agricultural sector.
Dr. Kariuki lamented that agriculture across most of sub-Saharan Africa is still predominantly rain-fed and, therefore, extremely vulnerable to both short-term fluctuations and long-term changes in climate conditions.
“It is the most exposed sector, with estimates indicating that climate change will cause a decrease in yields of eight to 22% for Africa’s rain-fed staple crops over the next 20 years,” Kariuki said.
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Source: Guardian Newspaper
