Climate change adaptation : how will we feed people in 2050? : climate change

While the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that the effects of global warming are already occurring on all continents, few sectors are prepared for the risks that this change brings. Yacob Beletse, Senior Researcher in modelling crop water relations at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC)-Roodeplaat reports on local efforts to help southern African farmers prosper despite a shifting climate.