Open AccessClimate Change: Threat to Agricultural System and Food Security in Africa
Author(s) -
Victor Adjei
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.53902/gsres.2021.01.000518
Subject(s) - livelihood , agriculture , food security , climate change , geography , population , position (finance) , extreme weather , natural resource economics , socioeconomics , agricultural economics , environmental protection , business , economics , ecology , demography , archaeology , finance , sociology , biology
Climate change is unequivocal and nothing hides itself from its negative repercussions. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa will continue to be impacted due to their low adaptive capacities and geographic position. Unfavourable weather trends coupled with climatic variations will have adverse effect on agricultural sector which is the main source of livelihood to rural households on the continent. This literature review article assessed the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security in Africa. The lives of several in Africa cling on agriculture as it supports majority of the population. However, since over 90 percent of agriculture system in the region depends on rainfall, livelihoods of the citizens on the continent have been hit hard due to rising temperature, erratic rainfall and extreme weather conditions.