Study finds untapped climate-resilience in sweetpotato

Extreme weather events and other effects of climate change already challenge farmers’ ability to grow enough food, which is expected to become more challenging as the atmosphere warms. One study predicted that with each degree (°C) increase in the global mean temperature, yields of major staples could decrease by between 3 and 7.4 percent, without…

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