I selected an article title The Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Africa. This article attempts to determine how drastically African agriculture will be affected as well as which regions will be the hardest hit. The author, John Asafu-Adjaye, gathered information from a variety of sources, specifically economic data as well as reports of events. He combined the two to develop a coherent evaluation. To begin, he noted that agriculture in Africa is rather vulnerable relative to other regions because as it stands it is already one of the warmest places on the planet. In addition, the economies in this region rely heavily on natural resources and rain-fed agriculture which are extremely sensitive to the variability accompanied by climate change. The model created showed that Southern Africa will suffer the greatest losses as a result of climate change followed by the remainder of sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and East Africa (in that order). Additionally he analyzed additional countries and came to the realization that Africa as a whole will experience the greatest impact from climate change in relation to economic growth and welfare losses. The research done was substantial in its results, and was done in a professional, ethical manner that presented what I believe to be an astounding conclusion.

John Asafu-Adjaye; The Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Africa. J Afr Econ 2014