Impact of climate extreme events and their causality on maize yield in South Africa

Abstract Extreme climate events can have a significant negative impact on maize productivity, resulting in food scarcity and socioeconomic losses. Thus, quantifying their effect is needed for developing future adaptation and mitigation strategies, especially for countries relying on maize as a stapl...

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Main Authors: Christian Simanjuntak, Thomas Gaiser, Hella Ellen Ahrends, Andrej Ceglar, Manmeet Singh, Frank Ewert, Amit Kumar Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38921-0