Paper short abstract:

Climate change is affecting agriculture by interfering with the efficiency of agricultural production (crop and livestock)

Paper long abstract:

Climate change can disrupt food availability, reduce access to food, and affect food quality. For decades now, agriculture is facing droughts, flooding, rise in sea level, natural disasters, and health hazards for both producers and consumers. Agriculture depend on specific climate conditions for efficient production, however, the extremes of climate variables spell disasters for the food system which is highly sensitive to climate, as they are both “victims” and instigators of the effects of climate variability. The future effects of climate change is becoming more evident among populations in the Global South, especially sub-Saharan Africa where majority of its populace are rural and experience poverty and their livelihoods are significantly affected by climate change.

Thus, a better understanding of the pathways linking climate change and agricultural food system is critical to ensure that the global population has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food, This paper thus seeks to identify: the relations between agricultural food systems and climate changes; and the effect of climate change on smallholder farmers