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Warming is opportunity for farmers

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The Economist

Climate change is likely to do “great harm to regions that feed millions” and “make a cornucopia” out of once unproductive land, says The Economist. One study predicts that for every degree temperatures rise, the yields of the three crops that supply around two-thirds of humans’ calorie intake – maize, wheat and rice – will fall 7.4%, 6% and 3.2% respectively. This will happen as the global population – which will include a growing and more