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“The rain doesn’t come on time any more”

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One of my Facebook friends posted a link today to this 2010 OxFam study of the impacts of changing climate on agriculture in Ethopia.  Upon skimming it, I was amazed at the detailed analyses the authors made of several different crops and how they are affected by currently observed trends in climate as well as how those impacts affect poverty and vulnerable populations in the country.  It shows me how much more we have to do in addressing the impacts of changing climate on agriculture in the Southeast, and I will be reading it in more depth in the future to see how I can do similar analyses on our crops here.

Rod Waddington, Oromo Land, Ethiopia, via Commons Wikimedia
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