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  • Agricultural Economics
  • Climate Science
  • Food Security Studies

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  • Africa faces significant food security challenges, necessitating integrated frameworks for policymaking.
  • Understanding the interplay of socio-economic development, climate change, and temporal variability is crucial for agricultural planning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply an integrated framework for assessing the impacts of socio-economic development, climate change, and climate anomalies on rice production and availability in Africa.
  • To analyze the continent's dependency on imported rice and its implications for food security.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an integrated assessment framework.
  • Application of the framework to rice production and consumption in Africa.
  • Explicit accounting for Africa's rice import dependency.

Main Results:

  • Socio-economic development is the primary driver of rice availability in Africa.
  • Long-term climate change impacts on rice availability are projected to be minor and unlikely to amplify supply shocks.
  • Rainfed-dominated or self-producing regions are vulnerable to local climate anomalies, while trade mitigates instability in import-dependent regions.

Conclusions:

  • Facilitating agricultural development is essential for enhancing future rice availability and stability in Africa.
  • Reducing trade barriers can significantly contribute to overcoming challenges in rice availability and ensuring food security.
  • Policy interventions should focus on both production enhancement and trade facilitation for resilient food systems.