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Changes in Climate Vulnerability and Projected Water Stress of The Gambia's Food Supply Between 1988 and 2018: Trading With Trade-Offs

Genevieve Hadida, Zakari Ali, Thomas Kästner, Tony W. Carr, Andrew M. Prentice, Rosemary Green, Pauline Scheelbeek

Frontiers in Public Health · 2022

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Summary

Background: The coexistence of under- and overnutrition is of increasing public health concern in The Gambia. Fruits, vegetables and pulses are essential to healthy and sustainable diets, preventing micronutrient deficiencies and non-communicable diseases, while cereals significantly contribute to energy intake. However, environmental changes are predicted to intensify, reducing future yields of these crops if agricultural productivity and resilience are not improved. The Gambia is highly climate-vulnerable and import-dependent, but the extent of its reliance on other climate-vulnerable countries for its supply of nutritionally important crops is currently unknown. Methods: We used United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization data, with novel origin-tracing algorithms applied, to analy

Subject
Fruit & vegetables
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2022.786071
Catalogue ID
SNmp4zksua-2bpbjy
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