"Talks on Climate Change Impact in Africa"

[GreenPartyVoter]

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Climate change could worsen Africa's struggle to feed itself, but simple steps - a cistern to catch rainwater, a solar panel, or hardier seeds for crops - could help the continent's subsistence farms, specialists and activists said Friday.

About 250 researchers, donors, and officials met in Oslo this week for the Second Green Africa Revolution Conference, which follows up a 2004 challenge from former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to revolutionize African farming.

Africa imports about 25 percent of its food, and one in three of its residents suffer chronic hunger, according to a report at the conference. That will worsen if climate changes cause rains to dry up in some areas and flood others.

David Stainforth, climate expert at Britain's Exeter University, said change is coming. Although most scientists are hesitant to make detailed regional predictions, he said, "We are certainly looking at a very dramatic situation."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070901/D8RCI7FG1.html

[razzleberry]

1. Africans should grow more biofuel

everyone wins

(except middle east dictators)

[GliderGuider]

2. Why shouldn't they simply grow more food?

They are the ones who need to win, after all. At least if "win" is defined as "eat".

[razzleberry]

3. depends on the economics

there is nothing new, about needing to eat.

but economically viable biofuel
is a relatively new situation,
so it(biofuel) deserves extra consideration

[kestrel91316]

4. What's saddest about how much Africa is going to suffer with climate

change is this: they had SO little a hand in creating the problem. But they certainly will be its victims.......

[tom_paine]

6. Which just goes to show that history repeats itself.

This won't be the first time that Africa is a victim of some nightmare designed by others...Muslim and Christian Slave Traders...I'm looking at yooo-oooouuuuuu.....

[XemaSab]

5. The challenge here

is that electrification and industrialization would do a huge amount to help a lot of those people climb out of poverty.

Unfortunately, that would contribute greatly to the problems at hand. :(