Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Climate change consequences and its impact on agriculture and food security
Author(s): Praveen Kumar, Jayanti Tokas, Naresh Kumar, Manohar Lal and HR Singal
Abstract: Among the most significant impacts of climate change is the potential increase of food insecurity and malnutrition. Increasing Climate change make worse the risks of hunger and undernutrition through Extreme weather events. Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of some disasters such as droughts, floods and storms. This has an adverse impact on livelihoods and food security. Climate-related disasters have the potential to destroy crops, critical infrastructure, and key community assets, therefore deteriorating livelihoods and exacerbating poverty. Long-term and gradual climate risks cause, Sea-level rise as a result of climate change, affecting livelihoods in coastal areas and river deltas. Accelerated glacial melt will also affect the quantity and reliability of water available and change patterns of flooding and drought. Climate change affects all dimensions of food security and nutrition. Changes in climatic conditions have already affected the production of some staple crops, and future climate change threatens to exacerbate this. Higher temperatures will have an impact on yields while changes in rainfall could affect both crop quality and quantity. Climate change could increase the prices of major crops in some regions. For the most vulnerable people, lower agricultural output means lower incomes. Under these conditions, the poorest people who already use most of their income on food sacrifice additional income and other assets to meet their nutritional requirements, or resort to poor coping strategies.
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Praveen Kumar, Jayanti Tokas, Naresh Kumar, Manohar Lal, HR Singal. Climate change consequences and its impact on agriculture and food security. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):124-133.
