Wealth Creation Investing (USA) published an article stating, “the agricultural sector is being hindered by myriads of challenges that have deprived it of reaching its full potential.”
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said that agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change, and higher temperatures would reduce yields of desirable crops and encourage weed and pest proliferation.
Changes in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines. Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture are expected to be negative, threatening global food security,” IFPRI warned.
The institute added that populations in the developing world, which are already vulnerable and food insecure, are likely to be the most seriously affected.
Republished in This Day Live (Nigeria).