Presented by Kofi Bimpong, with inputs from Boubacar Maneh, Sander Zwart, Koichi Futakuchi and Takashi Kumashiro at the CCAFS Workshop on Developing Climate-Smart Crops for a 2030 World, ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6-8 December 2011.

4. Paradox of Agriculture to CC While agriculture is the sector most vulnerable to CC, it is also a major cause, directly accounting for about 14% of greenhouse gas emissions And yet, agriculture can be a part of the solution by Helping people to feed themselves & adapt to changing conditions while mitigating CC

5. Evidence of climate change in Africa

8. Effects of climate change on rice production in Africa

18. Main Adaptive Strategies at AfricaRice against Climate Change

24. Useful traits of O. glaberrima Resistance to abiotic stress Resistance to biotic stress Weed competitive ability Rice yellow mottle virus Drought tolerance Blast Submergence tolerance Sheath blight Tolerance to acidity Nematode Salt tolerance Stem borer Iron toxicity Stalked eye fly Aluminium toxicity Bacterial leaf blight African gall midge

32. Conclusions and perspectives

34. Thank you! Merci! Center of Excellence for Rice Research