Climate-induced land stress to impact food security
Climate change is accelerating land degradation and desertification, which will hamper food production and raise cereal prices substantially unless immediate action is taken
Tag: food yields
Japanese appetite drives mud crab farming in the Sundarbans
In an example of how a global food supply chain can influence farming practices thousands of miles away, the Japanese appetite for mud crabs is leaving its footprint on the fragile ecosystem of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh
Eat millets, pay less, stay healthier, save earth
Demand is slowly increasing for various types of millets that require very little water to grow. Scientists say that millet cultivation needs to be further encouraged to adapt to global warming that leads to losses in crop yields
“There is a marked improvement in our health and stamina after we reverted to a millet diet from rice a few years back,” says Mallika…Read More
Climate change will claim 160,000 lives a year in India by 2050
As global warming starts lowering food production around the world, many more people will die in densely populated and vulnerable countries such as India
By 2050, climate change will lower food availability by 3.2%, and fruits and vegetables by 4%, an Oxford study has predicted, significantly increasing the incidence of climate-related deaths…Read More
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