The for­mer pres­i­dent of the Al­liance for a Green Rev­o­lu­tion in Africa (AGRA), Dr. Agnes Kali­ba­ta, says cli­mate change will con­tin­ue to strain glob­al food sys­tems, and that small is­land de­vel­op­ing states (SIDS) must be pre­pared for the re­sult­ing in­sta­bil­i­ty.

She told the au­di­ence at­tend­ing the 50th Sir Win­ston Scott Memo­r­i­al Lec­ture that many re­gions are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing weath­er ex­tremes that are dis­rupt­ing har­vests and dri­ving un­pre­dictabil­i­ty in food sup­ply.

She said African farm­ers have been forced to ad­just to chang­ing rain­fall pat­terns and pro­longed dry spells, with di­rect im­pli­ca­tions for pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and liveli­hoods.