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US study concludes major crop losses from climate change by 2030 in world's poor areas

Associated Press: Changes in climate brought by global warming could cause major crop losses in many of the world's poorest regions within the next two decades, environmental specialists reported Thursday. The findings foresee alarming consequences for many of the 1 billion poor people who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, largely because agriculture is the human activity that is most vulnerable to changes in climate. The worst affected areas were projected to be southern Africa and ... Read »
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