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Climate Change Impacts on Sustainable Maize Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

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  • Mulungu, Kelvin
  • Ng'ombe, John

    (Oklahoma State University)

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Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the commonly grown grain crops and remains a source of staple food and food security for most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). But climate change threatens agricultural potential in SSA thereby risking food security especially that most maize production is rain-fed in these countries. Thus, numerous studies have examined impacts of climate change on maize production and productivity resulting in several adaption strategies being promoted to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. But to the best of our knowledge, there has not been any studies in literature that provide a review of impacts of climate change on maize production and productivity in SSA. This chapter therefore provides a review of empirical climate change impacts on maize production and its productivity in SSA. We chose SSA because most countries in SSA are underdeveloped and therefore more vulnerable to climate change effects. This is important because this review will provide an easier access of such results for both scholars and policy makers in search of empirical impacts of climate change on maize production and productivity in SSA.

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  • Mulungu, Kelvin & Ng'ombe, John, 2019. "Climate Change Impacts on Sustainable Maize Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review," AgriXiv f8pma_v1, Center for Open Science.
  • Handle: RePEc:osf:agrixi:f8pma_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/f8pma_v1
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