The detailed analysis of current cropping areas in Africa presented here reveals significant climate sensitivities of cropland density and distribution across a variety of agro-ecosystems. Based on empirical climate-cropland relationships, cropland density responds positively to increases in precipitation in semi-arid and arid zones of the sub-tropics and warmer temperatures in higher elevations. As a result, marginal increases in seasonal precipitation...
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2007/07/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS4289
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Sensitivity of cropping patterns in Africa to transient climate change
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cropland area