# Moving some crops to cooler areas could pay off for South Africa, ARC study finds | Agro News Today

> Agricultural Research Council scientists modelled shifting 10% of the area of six South African crops into newly suitable zones under future climate scenarios. The benefit-cost ratio was about 1.5 for maize and citrus and about 1.41 for sorghum, with the study treating the 10% shift as a modelling assumption.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-01T18:05:53.598Z
- Category: report · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28702-moving-some-crops-to-cooler-areas-could-pay-off-for-south-africa-arc-study
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

The study is a long-term planning analysis with no immediate supply effect, so it has little direct price impact. It does suggest South African maize and sorghum production may shift regionally as the climate warms.

## Sources

- agronewstoday.com: https://agronewstoday.com/article/south-africa-crop-map-shift-cooler-regions-arc-study

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