Sub-Saharan Climate Change

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Despite great advancement of climate science in understanding and dealing with the problem of climate change and its impacts on agricultural sector at the international level, awareness and the concern for the problem at local levels, especially among the rural farmers in Africa remains crucial. Because of the paramount importance of agriculture in most of sub-saharan Africa, special care must be taken in evaluating the dynamics of climate change as it affects agriculture in these regions. The region is often the hardest hit by climate change as local farmers often do not have sufficient scientist information relating to the full range of causes and impacts of climate change; and as such, their sensitivities and adaptation strategies sometimes

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