On the Rice: Climate Change and the (in)stability of rice in Africa

De Vos, K., Janssens, C., Jacobs, L., Campforts, B., Boere, E., Kozicka, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-3689, Havlik, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-5085, Folberth, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-5238, et al. (2022). On the Rice: Climate Change and the (in)stability of rice in Africa. In: Systems Analysis for Reducing Footprints and Enhancing Resilience, 16-17 November, 2022, Vienna, Austria.

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Abstract

Food stability – or the lack thereof has caused several issues on global food security in the past. Prime examples are the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine-Russian war, and the 2008 African food crisis. Meanwhile, the occurrence of extreme meteorological events has been increasing rapidly (droughts, floods, …), resulting in substantial harvest losses putting food security under pressure with strong indications that these will become even more prevalent under climate change. Yet, the amount of studies assessing food stability or potential climate change effects is scarce – hindering purposeful policymaking. This makes a methodological framework to assess food stability urgent.

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