¶ … reporters from the Economist discuss the possible effects of climate change on corn crops. A researcher from Stanford University, David Lobell, entered into an accidental collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre in Mexico. The latter organization had been researching the potential for expanding corn production into parts of southern and eastern Africa. In particular, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre "had been running an ambitious set of field trials designed to look at what sorts of maize (corn, to Americans) grow best in various parts of southern and eastern Africa, paying special attention to drought resistance," (The Economist). Lobell and the Stanford University team provided the financial and human resources to help the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre compile data by amassing and aggregating results culled from over one hundred different research stations in the field. The project morphed into one larger than either party had initially imagined, and included meteorological data that went beyond measuring drought and correlating that with types of corn. Moreover, the results of the collaborative research project also revealed that corn is actually more sensitive to peak or extreme temperatures than to average temperatures. Corn prefers temperate climates in which actual numbers do not climb above30 degrees Celsius. In regions that regularly see peak temperatures above that number, the corn crops are unlikely to do well. Drought would exacerbate any problems with the...
Furthermore, global warming might have a particularly severe impact on corn crops in these areas. If temperatures were to rise by just one degree on average per year, that effect would cause a jump in peak temperatures. As The Economist points out, "The research predicts that a 1°C rise in average temperature will reduce yields across two-thirds of the maize-growing region of Africa, even in the absence of drought. Add drought and that effect spreads over the entire area." Each day the temperature goes above 30 degrees reduces corn crop yields by 1.7%. These numbers would prove staggering to farmers.
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