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Food Security and Climate Change: The Answer is Biodiversity

Janet Cotter, Reyes Tirado

Published in : 2008

Available in : English

Climate change will profoundly affect agriculture worldwide.Food security in many countries is under threat from unpredictable changes in rainfall and more frequent extremeweather. Farmers in poorer countries with harsh climateconditions will likely be most affected. A review of recent scientific literature underlines that the most effective strategy to adapt agriculture to climate change is toincrease biodiversity. This report outlines the role biodiversity can play as a solution to climate change and decreasing food security.

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English (PDF, 203.90Kb)

Originally posted at : Greenpeace

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Diet and lifestyle, general, Emergency, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Dietary diversity, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Food chain, food production and processing, Food Security and Livelihoods , Local foods, Local foods, Local foods

Resource types : Reports