Implications of Climate Change on Agricultural Productivity: A Review

Abstract

Global warning and thus climate change is a global issue and its consequences are being felt at varying degrees in different parts of the world. The developing countries are more vulnerable to its effects because of their poor economic status and political instability. In recent times, experiences of more flooding, erosion, drought, storms, rise in sea level and other extreme weather conditions resulting in poverty, degraded environment and low agricultural productivity. It’s devastating impact on various dimension of human endeavours and socio-economic income of nations and individual cannot be over emphasized. Climatologically, has an extremely variable rainfall distribution, which will be exacerbated by climate change. This will inevitably impact on agriculture and the availability of water to sustain human activities. These future climate change impacts are likely to aggravate the harmful effects of poor land use; practices, especially deforestation, soil degradation and water pollution. Communities that have been made vulnerable by economic hardship and disease will find it even harder to cope. Climate change is perhaps the most serious environmental threat to the fight against hunger, malnutrition, diseases and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa mainly through its impact on agricultural productivity

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“…The Cross-Compliance regime, although relatively lenient, provides a framework for regulation and control mechanisms [83,93,94]. The agricultural industry worldwide faces escalating pressure stemming from an expanding populace [95][96][97], urbanization [98][99][100][101], resource depletion [102][103][104][105][106], and climate change [107][108][109]. In the EU, the repercussions of climate change are detrimentally impacting agricultural production and environments [110,111].…”

“…European agriculture is at risk of extreme weather events, rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, river flooding, coastal flooding, droughts, and other impacts due to climate change [12,112]. While some regions may benefit from certain climatic changes [113,114], most of them will experience negative effects, exacerbating the existing environmental issues [107,108].…”

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