{"id":212637,"date":"2026-05-12T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/millions-of-farmers-in-africas-great-lakes-region-face-rising-temperatures-study-predicts-how-crop-disease-and-pests-could-spread\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:20:10","slug":"millions-of-farmers-in-africas-great-lakes-region-face-rising-temperatures-study-predicts-how-crop-disease-and-pests-could-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/millions-of-farmers-in-africas-great-lakes-region-face-rising-temperatures-study-predicts-how-crop-disease-and-pests-could-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of farmers in Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. Study predicts how crop disease and pests could spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/millions-of-farmers-in-africas-great-lakes-region-face-rising-temperatures-study-predicts-how-crop-disease-and-pests-could-spread-279912\">Millions of farmers in Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. Study predicts how crop disease and pests could spread<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/millions-of-farmers-in-africas-great-lakes-region-face-rising-temperatures-study-predicts-how-crop-disease-and-pests-could-spread-279912\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/millions-of-farmers-in-africas-great-lakes-region-face-rising-temperatures-study-predicts-how-crop-disease-and-pests-could-spread-279912<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 09:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Climate change and socio-political tensions make farming in the Great Lakes region of Africa challenging, leading to low agricultural productivity and high food insecurity.<\/li>\n<li>Farmers face difficulties due to lack of high-quality seeds, extreme weather conditions including floods, droughts and heat waves, and conflicts over resources.<\/li>\n<li>Plant pathologists used machine learning to study how 27 crop pathogens and pests might spread with increased temperatures in Burundi and Rwanda.<\/li>\n<li>The research suggests that hotter temperatures will likely expand the distribution and alter the dynamics of crop pathogens and pests, affecting food security for smallholder farmers.<\/li>\n<li>The modelling showed that parts of Rwanda and Burundi could serve as pathways for pathogens and pests to spread, especially as high altitudes in the region warm.<\/li>\n<li>Of the 27 pathogens and pests studied, 44% could become more common at higher altitudes, while 17% may become less common due to increasingly hot conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Farmers and stakeholders should adopt climate-smart agriculture and implement better crop management practices to adapt to changing climate conditions and protect crop health.<\/li>\n<li>The study highlights the need for continuous pest and disease surveillance, forecasting, and adaptive strategies to manage the impacts of climate change on agriculture in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of farmers in Africa\u2019s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. 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