Food switch could offset climate threat to staples – study
Oct.31, 2012 in
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AlertNet: Climate change could significantly depress yields of maize, wheat and rice, constrain supplies of animal protein and force a rethink of diets and the crops farmers grow, researchers said on Wednesday.
Yields of the world’s three biggest crops in terms of calories provided will decrease in many poorer countries as temperatures rise and rainfall becomes more unpredictable, according to a policy brief from the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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