ApocaDocs: AFRICA: Camel farming could be the answer

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Posted Thu Jun 4 2009: from IRIN News (UN):


	AFRICA: Camel farming could be the answer http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1244129513 Camel farming could be an option for some 20 million to 35 million people living on semi-arid land in Africa, who will soon be unable to grow crops because of climate change, says the co-author of a new study. By 2050, hotter conditions and less rainfall in an area covering 500,000 sq km to one million sq km of marginal farmland -- about the size of Egypt -- would make it harder for people grow crops.... Various climate projections have indicated that the length of the reliable growing season on the affected land would drop below 90 days, making it impossible to cultivate maize -- the staple food in much of Africa -- and in some places even "drought-tolerant crops, such as millet" would be difficult to grow.

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'Doc Michael says:

Camelburgers, anyone?