As part of the Engineering for Development (E4D) programm, researchers led by Professor Peter Molnar investigate how climate change affects rainfed farming and food security in Ethiopia. In an initial study, first author Mosisa Wakjira correlated rainfall properties derived from global rainfall data and cereal yield data over the period from 1995 to 2010, demonstrating that there were losses in grain production of up to half a million tons due to a 5-day delay in rainfall possible.
Mosisa Wakjira et al. Rainfall seasonality and timing: implications for cereal crop production in Ethiopiavertical_align_bottom, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2021), doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108633
Learn more about the E4D Research project The Future of Rainfed Agriculture and Sustainable Food Production in Ethiopiavertical_align_bottom
