Modelled patterns of climate change impacts on sub-Saharan agriculture provide a detailed picture of the space- and timescales of change. They reveal hotspots where crop cultivation may disappear entirely, but also large areas where current or substitute crops will remain viable through this century.
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Travis, W. Mapping future crop geographies. Nature Clim Change 6, 544–545 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2965
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