Global Food Supply Issues
LONDON - Dec 7/15 - IRIN -- Global food security is not just about how much we grow. To achieve it, we need to look at the bigger picture, particularly at the way in which water and energy needs underpin production.
Climate change threatens all of that. Rainfall variability directly affects crop production, but also energy generation (think of hydro power) essential to grow, store, process and move food.
Tropical regions are the worst affected. "Not only are the areas closer to the equator more prone to weather extremes such as flood or drought, but small holder farmers often don't have the resources to cope with changes in the local climate," Frank Rijsberman, head of CGIAR, the global agricultural research consortium, told IRIN.
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