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Table 5 Impact of climate change on food crop production (in percentage point change)

From: Crop substitution behavior among food crop farmers in Ghana: an efficient adaptation to climate change or costly stagnation in traditional agricultural production system?

 

2015

2020

2025

Crop yield

Cassava

1.247

3.023

3.764

Maize

0.329

0.860

0.987

Sorghum

5.321

9.748

15.631

Rice

8.791

17.495

26.303

Yam

–3.565

–7.320

–10.739

Farm size

Cassava

1.840

3.672

5.559

Maize

0.702

1.451

2.103

Sorghum

10.432

19.777

31.199

Rice

4.477

8.697

11.254

Yam

–1.781

–3.623

–5.378

Crop output

Cassava

3.087

6.695

9.323

Maize

1.031

2.311

3.091

Sorghum

15.718

29.625

46.997

Rice

13.274

26.202

37.567

Yam

–5.351

–10.956

–16.132

  1. Notes: all figures represent changes from the base year of 2010.