Rapid rises in temperatures worldwide may overwhelm farmers' efforts to keep up, say experts who want funds to breed new crops and freeze heat-resistant strains bred over past centuries.
A Stanford University study to be published on Friday estimates that African growing seasons for the continent's staple foods -- maize, millet and sorghum -- will be hotter in nine out of 10 years by 2050.
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gerard-wynn
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-pests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maize
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kyoto-protocol
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emissions-trading
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
