Update from Kenya
As onset of global warming ,there have been erractic changes in our weather patterns hence largely affecting crops management which have resulted in unpredictable crops harvest.
Currently Kenya after disputed elections results that caused political violence moreso in food basket region Rift Valley Province we are facing food shortages which can attribute to climate changes
Also using data from a survey of more than 9,000 farmers across 11 African countries, a cross-sectional approach estimates how farm net revenues are affected by climate change compared with current mean temperature.
Revenues fall with warming for dryland crops (temperature elasticity of -1.9) and livestock (-5.4), whereas revenues rise for irrigated crops (elasticity of 0.5), which are located in relatively cool parts of Africa and are buffered by irrigation from the effects of warming. At first, warming has little net aggregate effect as the gains for irrigated crops offset the losses for dryland crops and livestock.
Warming, however, will likely reduce dryland farm income immedia-tely. The final effects will also depend on changes in precipitation, because revenues from all farm types increase with precipitation. Because irrigated farms are less sensitive to climate, where water is available, irrigation is a practical adaptation to climate change in Africa .
There is need for everyone who plans to eat food for coming years to refocus on how we can adapt new ways of surving as Robinson Githae former assistant minster in Kenya NARC regime once said we must eat altenative food like rat-meat
Climate change is real are you feeling the heat?
Thanks
Gibson Nabuteya Amenya
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