University of Maryland in collaboration with researchers from Stanford University for the first time
Moreover, most of this fall fell onlast 7 years. This work shows that global agriculture is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the ongoing impacts of climate change, with warmer regions like Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean being hardest hit.
“Our research has shown that climatic andweather factors have already had a big impact on agricultural productivity, says Robert Chambers, research participant. "We used the model to estimate what the overall factor productivity models would look like without climate change."
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The study also showed that whileGlobal agricultural productivity growth has slowed by about 21% since 1961, and in regions such as Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, growth has already slowed by 26-34%. However, the United States suffered the least from this - the growth rate slowed down by about 5-15%.
“Some people think of climate change asabout a distant problem that should concern future generations in the first place. But it overlooks the fact that humans have already dramatically changed the climate. Overall, our research shows that anthropogenic climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on poorer countries that depend primarily on agriculture, ”the scientists said.
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