Advanced skill in seasonal climate prediction coupled with sectoral decision models can provide decision makers with opportunities to benefit or reduce unnecessary losses. Such approaches are particularly beneficial to rainfed agriculture, the livelihood choice for the majority of the world’s poor population, for which yields are highly sensitive to climate conditions. However, a notable gap […]
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change challenges the livelihoods of billions globally, particularly farmers & the poor. IFPRI is raising awareness on the challenges and role of research in providing solutions with a short video, blog series, policy seminar and more. Read more.
To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
Article by Kathleen Rogers and Shenggen Fan, re-posted from IFPRI.ORG. The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report,
Climate Change Impacts on Crop Yields in Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 130, by Timothy Thomas, Paul Dorosh, and Richard Robertson. Abstract: We present results of model simulations of maize, wheat, and sorghum yields in Ethiopia through 2085.
Saving for a Sunny Day
This article was originally posted on IFPRI's Insights website. Can insurance help Ethiopian farmers survive the droughts that are likely to come? Recently, scientists uncovered the inconvenient truth that drought in eastern Africa is likely here to stay. They placed the blame squarely on climate change—namely, on the linkage between the warming Indian Ocean and […]