In Senegal a succession of droughts has crippled the country’s food production. Farmers must find new crop varieties to cope better with climate change or else the population will face starvation. Scientists at the Africa Rice Centre have already identified heat and salt resistant strains of rice, but government support is crucial to success. On site 03 March 2010 Air date 03 March 2010 Produced for None
Ginny Brown came to NCSE as the Project Director for the NSF funded CAMEL (Climate, Adaptation, Mitigation, E-Learning) project. This work centers on developing a community of climate change educators, researchers and students to combat the impact of climate change.
Ginny has twelve years experience in working with academia at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Prior to coming to NCSE, Ginny was the Program Director for the Vulcan Mater ... (Full Bio)
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Hot Cities: Feed the World Season
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In Senegal a succession of droughts has crippled the country’s food production. Farmers must find new crop varieties to cope better with climate change or else the population will face starvation. Scientists at the Africa Rice Centre have already identified heat and salt resistant strains of rice, but government support is crucial to success. On site 03 March 2010 Air date 03 March 2010 Produced for None
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