On October 22, Timothy Thomas presented “Aflatoxins and Climate Change: Preliminary Results from a New Biophysical Model for Groundnuts and Selected FTF Countries” at USAID. The presentation focused on groundnut production in Burkina Faso and Niger. The main results are presented in Table 1, which shows the normal aflatoxin concentration at the national level with and without climate change. Results vary by climate model: With the GFDL climate model, aflatoxin contamination is projected to increase, while contamination might virtually disappear with the MIROC model.
Climate Change Research and Impacts
GCAN Presentation on Aflatoxin Hotspot modeling at USAID – October 2018
December 10, 2018CCAFS
IFPRI’s research contributes to the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
