CAPMAS says climate change will affect wheat, rice harvests

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) published a report suggesting climate change will have a direct impact on domestic harvest, Al Masry Al Youm reported. A rise in one degree Celsius will reduce annual production of wheat from 9 mn tonnes to 8.3 mn tonnes between 2014-15 and 2024-25, the report says. The wheat harvest will decrease further to 7.9 mn tonnes if the temperature goes up by two degrees. Rice production will drop from 5.8 mn tonnes to 4.3 mn tonnes if temperatures rises by one degree and fall to 4.2 mn tonnes if they rise by two degrees during the same period, the report suggests.