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East African food security as influenced by future climate change and land use change at local to regional scales

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dc.contributor.author Moore, Nathan
dc.contributor.author Olson, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author Andresen, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.author Yanda, Pius
dc.contributor.author Qi, Jiaguo
dc.contributor.author Alagarswamy, Gopal
dc.contributor.author Gopal, Bryan
dc.contributor.author Thornton, Philip
dc.contributor.author Lofgren, Brent
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-18T09:10:03Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-18T09:10:03Z
dc.date.issued 2011-06-10
dc.identifier.citation Moore, N., Alagarswamy, G., Pijanowski, B., Thornton, P., Lofgren, B., Olson, J., … Qi, J. (2011). East African food security as influenced by future climate change and land use change at local to regional scales. Climatic Change, 110(3-4), 823–844. doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0116-7 en_GB
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s10584-011-0116-7
dc.identifier.uri http://www.taccire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/434
dc.description.abstract Climate change impacts food production systems, particularly in locations with large, vulnerable populations. Elevated greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as land cover/land use change (LCLUC), can influence regional climate dynamics. Biophysical factors such as topography, soil type, and seasonal rainfall can strongly affect crop yields. We used a regional climate model derived from the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) to compare the effects of projected future GHG and future LCLUC on spatial variability of crop yields in East Africa. en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship This work was funded by NSF Biocomplexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems Program award BCS 0308420 and BCS/CNH 0709671. This research uses data provided by the Community Climate System Model project (www.ccsm.ucar.edu), supported by the Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the U.S. Department of Energy. Population data were provided by CIESIN (NASA Contract NAS5-03117). We also wish to thank David Campbell, Amelie Davis, Deepak Ray, and Joseph Maitima for their contributions to this work. en_GB
dc.language.iso en en_GB
dc.publisher Climatic Change Journal en_GB
dc.title East African food security as influenced by future climate change and land use change at local to regional scales en_GB
dc.type Article en_GB


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