2009Jan9: In the tropics, higher temperatures could be expected to cut yields of the primary food crops, maize and rice, by 20-40%, according to David. S. Battisti and Rosamond L. Naylor, authors of the Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat report (BBC).
Reference: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817684.stm
Image Description: Planting Rice in Vietnam. Photo by Andrew Crump, 2008Feb24. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C%E1%BA%A5y_l%C3%BAa.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
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