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ArticleNature food2023

Rice availability and stability in Africa under future socio-economic development and climatic change.

Koen De Vos, Charlotte Janssens, Liesbet Jacobs, Benjamin Campforts, Esther Boere, Marta Kozicka, Petr Havlík, Christian Folberth, Juraj Balkovič, Miet Maertens and 1 more

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Article in Nature food, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Koen De VosDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium. koen.devos@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0002-4607-7877
Charlotte JanssensDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0252-9843
Liesbet JacobsDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1137-5372
Benjamin CampfortsDepartment of Earth Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5699-6714
Esther BoereBiodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3863-8731
Marta KozickaBiodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2323-3689
Petr HavlíkBiodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5551-5085
Christian FolberthBiodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6738-5238
Juraj BalkovičBiodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2955-4931
Miet MaertensDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7245-0375
Gerard GoversDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9884-4778

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) 11F0622N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As Africa is facing multiple challenges related to food security, frameworks integrating production and availability are urgent for policymaking. Attention should be given not only to gradual socio-economic and climatic changes but also to their temporal variability. Here we present an integrated framework that allows one to assess the impacts of socio-economic development, gradual climate change and climate anomalies. We apply this framework to rice production and consumption in Africa whereby we explicitly account for the continent's dependency on imported rice. We show that socio-economic development dictates rice availability, whereas climate change has only minor effects in the long term and is predicted not to amplify supply shocks. Still, rainfed-dominated or self-producing regions are sensitive to local climatic anomalies, while trade dominates stability in import-dependent regions. Our study suggests that facilitating agricultural development and limiting trade barriers are key in relieving future challenges to rice availability and stability.

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OryzaAfricaClimate ChangeEconomic DevelopmentFood Supply

Identifiers

PMID37337082
PMCPMC10289898

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