Nigeria
was able to avert major food crisis aftermath of the 2012 flood in major parts
of the country that affected many farms, but countries in the horn of Africa
are not that lucky with the ravaging droughts with devastating effects on crops
and livestock production.
These
are effects of climate change that are already posing challenges to the
production food and abilities of some countries in the continent to feed the
growing population of the continent.
Speaking
at the presentation of the 2014 African
Agriculture Status Report (AASR)
prepared by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), former
President of Ghana and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate
Change John Kufuor, said one of the key sectors that is already and will
increasingly be affected by climate change is agriculture.
“Rapid
and uncertain changes in rainfall patterns and temperature regimes threaten
food production, increase the
