What does rapid population growth and climate change mean for Sub Saharan African food security?
“They found that under a 3°C warmer climate, Africa will face a severe mismatch between population size and food autonomy. By 2075, food production in Africa will be able to feed only 1.35 billion out of an estimated 3.5 billion people”
Article to review: https://eos.org/research-spotlights/food-deficits-in-africa-will-grow-in-a-warmer-world
Read the article linked above (and follow a few of the links in the article) and write three paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: What does this mean for Sub Saharan Africa countries, and its citizens?
Paragraph 2: What does this mean for the rest of the world, particularly more developed countries?
Paragraph 3: What are some proposed solutions to the projected food deficit?
Your paragraphs should demonstrate your learned knowledge of geography from this course. For example, you can relate your answers to one or more of the 5 themes of world regional geography. You could also suggest how various geographical indicators might change into the future (see Table 6.1 and Table 6.2 from your textbook).
