The vulnerability of African countries to climate change
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The gap
The vulnerability of African countries to climate change is not well understood. - The role of demographic growth in conditioning climate impacts on food security is not well studied.
Evidence profile
Stated in the limitations and cells research gap and abstract and cells future research sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 3 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps
- Safeguarding diet quality in a changing climate: a scoping review (2026) · Frontiers in Nutrition · doi
The scoping review positions nutrition-sensitive climate the broader agriculture-healthchange adaptation within environment nexus. The study resonates strongly with global frameworks such as the IPBES Nexus Report (97) and the planetary boundaries framework (98).
generalstated in limitationsevidence 5/5Keywords: climate change nexus scoping review positions nutrition sensitive broader agriculture health adaptation within environment resonates - Cambio climático observado y crisis alimentaria recurrente en Guatemala: evidencia climática 1970–2024 (2026) · Revista Estudios Ambientales - Environmental Studies Journal · doi
There is a need to understand the relationship between climate change and food insecurity in Guatemala. - The study aims to fill the gap in knowledge on the impacts of climate change on food security.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need understand relationship between climate change food - The impact of smallholder farmers’ knowledge on climate change adaptation on food security in Tanzania (2024) · Cogent Social Sciences · cited 3× · doi
While research has proposed farm-level strategies to mitigate these impacts, empirical evidence on the effectiveness of local knowledge adaptation strategies and their influence on food security outcomes remains scarce.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: strategies proposed farm level mitigate impacts empirical evidence effectiveness local knowledge adaptation influence food security - Assessing the role of population growth in the climate change impacts on food security in Africa (2026) · Discover Agriculture · doi
The vulnerability of African countries to climate change is not well understood. - The role of demographic growth in conditioning climate impacts on food security is not well studied.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 3/5Keywords: vulnerability african countries climate change well understood role - Responding to the intersecting challenges of non-communicable diseases, food insecurity, and climate change in small island states: the Global Community Food and Health Project (2026) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi
Further research is needed to estimate the longer-term impacts of local food production interventions if scaled out. - The project's approach can be replicated in other settings to address the intersecting challenges of non-communicable diseases, food insecurity, and climate change.
generalstated in cells future researchevidence 3/5Keywords: further research needed estimate longer-term impacts local food
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