dc.contributor.author | Manners, R. |
dc.contributor.author | Vandamme, E. |
dc.contributor.author | Adewopo, J. |
dc.contributor.author | Thornton, P. |
dc.contributor.author | Friedmann, M. |
dc.contributor.author | Carpentier, S.C. |
dc.contributor.author | Ezui, K.S. |
dc.contributor.author | Thiele, G. |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-20T10:54:31Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-20T10:54:31Z |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08 |
dc.identifier.citation | Manners, R., Vandamme, E., Adewopo, J., Thornton, P., Friedmann, M., Carpentier, S., ... & Thiele, G. (2021). Suitability of root, tuber, and banana crops in Central Africa can be favoured under future climates. Agricultural Systems 193: 103246, 1-15. |
dc.identifier.issn | 0308-521X |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7774 |
dc.description.abstract | Context Climate change is projected to negatively impact food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The magnitude of these impacts is expected to be amplified by the extensive reliance on rainfed agriculture and the prevalence of subsistence farming. In the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa, smallholder farming households are largely dependent on root, tuber and banana crops. However, the potential impacts of various climate change scenarios on these crops are not well reported. Yet, data-rich insights about the future impacts of climate change on these crops and the adaptive capacity of food systems in the Great Lakes Region is critical to inform research and development investments towards regional climate change adaptation. Objectives We aimed to gain insights of potential impacts of climate change on root, tuber, and banana crops in the Great Lakes Region, specifically investigating changes to localised crop suitability, planting dates, and identifying potential ‘climate-proof’ variety types of each crop for specific geographies. Methods We developed a modified version of the EcoCrop model to analyse the suitability of future climates for four key root, tuber, and banana crops (banana, cassava, potato, and sweetpotato) and a suite of varieties for each (typical, heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, and early maturing). The model considers only the direct impacts of climate change on crop suitability. It does not consider how climate change impacts crop suitability by affecting the occurrence of extreme weather events or indirect effects on incidence and severity of pest and disease outbreaks. Results and conclusions Our results demonstrate that climate change will be somewhat favourable to root, tuber, and banana-based systems, with only widespread negative impacts seen for potato. These changes should be qualified by the observation that in most cases the environmental suitability for banana, cassava, and sweetpotato will remain constant or improve if farmers shift planting schedules. Location- and crop-dependent shifts to different variety types were found to be effective in improving suitability under future climates. Significance Data driven insights generated from this work can be used as a first step in developing spatially explicit recommendations for both farmers and decision-makers on how to adapt to climate change and plan investment in the research needed to adapt root, tuber, and banana-based livelihoods and systems to those long-term changes. |
dc.description.sponsorship | CGIAR Trust Fund |
dc.description.sponsorship | Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid |
dc.format.extent | 1-15 |
dc.language.iso | en |
dc.subject | Bananas |
dc.subject | Cassava |
dc.subject | Potatoes |
dc.subject | Sweet Potatoes |
dc.subject | Crop Production |
dc.subject | Climate Change |
dc.subject | Adaptation |
dc.subject | Food Systems |
dc.subject | Smallholders |
dc.subject | Farmers |
dc.subject | Drought Tolerance |
dc.subject | Pests |
dc.subject | Diseases |
dc.subject | Households |
dc.title | Suitability of root, tuber, and banana crops in Central Africa can be favoured under future climates |
dc.type | Journal Article |
cg.contributor.crp | Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Potato Center |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Livestock Research Institute |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Bioversity International |
cg.contributor.affiliation | African Plant Nutrition Institute, Kenya |
cg.coverage.region | Africa |
cg.coverage.region | Central Africa |
cg.coverage.region | East Africa |
cg.coverage.country | Burundi |
cg.coverage.country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
cg.coverage.country | Kenya |
cg.coverage.country | Malawi |
cg.coverage.country | Rwanda |
cg.coverage.country | Tanzania |
cg.coverage.country | Uganda |
cg.coverage.hub | Central Africa Hub |
cg.researchtheme | Natural Resource Management |
cg.identifier.bibtexciteid | MANNERS:2021 |
cg.isijournal | ISI Journal |
cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and developing country institute |
cg.iitasubject | Agronomy |
cg.iitasubject | Banana |
cg.iitasubject | Cassava |
cg.iitasubject | Climate Change |
cg.iitasubject | Food Systems |
cg.iitasubject | Plant Breeding |
cg.iitasubject | Plant Production |
cg.iitasubject | Smallholder Farmers |
cg.journal | Agricultural Systems |
cg.notes | Published online: 14 Aug 2021 |
cg.accessibilitystatus | Open Access |
cg.reviewstatus | Peer Review |
cg.usagerightslicense | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
cg.targetaudience | Scientists |
cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103246 |
cg.iitaauthor.identifier | Philip Thornton: 0000-0002-1854-0182 |
cg.iitaauthor.identifier | Julius Adewopo: 0000-0003-4831-2823 |
cg.iitaauthor.identifier | sebastien carpentier: 0000-0002-7389-6405 |
cg.iitaauthor.identifier | KODJOVI SENAM EZUI: 0000-0002-6898-6481 |
cg.futureupdate.required | No |
cg.identifier.issue | : 103246 |
cg.identifier.volume | 193 |
cg.contributor.acknowledgements | We would like to thank everyone who provided valuable advice during the preparation of this work, specifically, Robert Mwanga, David Ramirez, Johan Ninanya, Pepijn van Oort, Anette Pronk, and Ghislain Tepa-Yotto. We would also like to thank Christopher Butler for editing the manuscript. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers.
This research was undertaken as part of, and funded jointly by, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which are both carried out with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund. For details, please visit https://www.cgiar.org/funders/ and https://ccafs.cgiar.org/donors. Additional funding support for this work was provided by the Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGDC) through the Consortium for Improving Agricultural Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA – www.cialca.org). The views expressed in this document cannot be taken to reflect the official opinions of all these funding organisations. |