Comments on: Sweet potatoes to beat climate change? http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/12/22/sweet-potatoes-to-beat-climate-change/ African business, politics and lifestyle Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: MBAYA http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/12/22/sweet-potatoes-to-beat-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-7842 MBAYA Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:10:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=2532#comment-7842 Thank you for airing the story which was not only captivating, but also very educative. It is true that Africa has been severely hit by the drastic effects of climate change leading to unending droughts which are replaced by floods whenever it rains, as it is being witnessed all over the continent. It is such initiatives like the introduction of drought tolerant food crops such as sweet potatoes which are nutritious and more importantly cost effective, as a result of continuous research, that would help Africa mitigate the effects of climate change, and here is where African governments' support together with that of international donors should be geared to. Also, changing our eating habits by adopting different kinds of food crops which are not necessary our staple food such as sweet potatoes will further help to survive the dry periods. EDWIN MBAYA. NAIROBI, KENYA. Thank you for airing the story which was not only captivating, but also very educative. It is true that Africa has been severely hit by the drastic effects of climate change leading to unending droughts which are replaced by floods whenever it rains, as it is being witnessed all over the continent.

It is such initiatives like the introduction of drought tolerant food crops such as sweet potatoes which are nutritious and more importantly cost effective, as a result of continuous research, that would help Africa mitigate the effects of climate change, and here is where African governments’ support together with that of international donors should be geared to.

Also, changing our eating habits by adopting different kinds of food crops which are not necessary our staple food such as sweet potatoes will further help to survive the dry periods.

EDWIN MBAYA.

NAIROBI, KENYA.

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