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The Economist, Mar 17th 2011 | Climate Change and Crop Yields, One degree over.

"... yields take a hit of 1.7% per day over 30°C."

The Economist, Mar 17th 2011 | from the print edition, Climate Change and Crop Yields, One degree over.
Data from crop trials underline the threat climate change poses to farmersFOR a scientist, there are few happier accidents than finding a trove of data that were gathered for other purposes, but which apply to your pet problem. That happened to David Lobell, a researcher at Stanford University, when he started talking to Marianne Bänziger of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, in Mexico, about how climate change would affect crops in Africa.
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Another article from the newly published The Economist on the negative effects of heat plus drought in corn yield...

 

Another article from the newly published The Economist on the negative effects of heat plus drought in corn yield...

The Economist, Mar 17th 2011 | from the print edition, Climate Change and Crop Yields, One degree over.

Data from crop trials underline the threat climate change poses to farmersFOR a scientist, there are few happier accidents than finding a trove of data that were gathered for other purposes, but which apply to your pet problem. That happened to David Lobell, a researcher at Stanford University, when he started talking to Marianne Bänziger of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, in Mexico, about how climate change would affect crops in Africa.

 

To read the full article, visit The Economist | Science and Technology