Tropical ‘hotspots’ may get too warm to farm

June 3, 2011 by  

A Malawian farmer works on his land in Nsanje district, 2005. Climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty, according to an international study.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP – Climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty, according to an international study released Friday.


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