CGD in the News

Analysis: Extreme Weather Plagues Farming, Talks Flounder (Reuters)

August 16, 2010

Reuters quoted CGD non-resident fellow Peter Timmer on food and agriculture.

From the article:

"In India and other countries that rely more on rice there's concern high temperatures will lead to yield losses. "That could start showing up in the next decade or so, because we're getting these heating peaks already," said Peter Timmer, nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development, a nonprofit research group based in Washington.”

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