The Impacts of Climate Change for Food and Nutrition Security: Issues for India

Climate change is threatening future global food and nutrition security. Limiting the increase in global temperature to 1·5 °C set out in The Paris Agreement (2015) while achieving nutrient security means overhauling the current food system to create one that can deliver healthy and sustainable diets. To attain this, it is critical to understand the implications for nutrition of actions to mitigate climate change as well as the impacts of climate change on food production and the nutrient composition of foods. It is widely recognised that livestock production has a much greater environmental burden than crop production, and therefore advice is to reduce meat consumption. This has triggered concern in some sectors about a lack of protein in diets, which hence is driving efforts to find protein replacements. However, in most high- and middle-income countries, protein intakes far exceed dietary requirements and it would even if all meat were removed from diets. Reduction in micronutrients should be given more attention when reducing meat. Simply eating less meat does not guarantee healthier or more sustainable diets. Climate change will also affect the type, amount and nutrient quality of food that can be produced. Studies have shown that increased temperature and elevated CO2 levels can reduce the nutrient density of some staple crops, which is of particular concern in low-income countries. Nutrition from a climate change perspective means considering the potential consequences of any climate action on food and nutrition security. In this paper, we discuss these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Food and Nutrition Security in the Australia-New Zealand Region: Impact of Climate Change

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics - Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People ◽

10.1159/000327823 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 192-200 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Linda C. Tapsell ◽

Yasmine Probst ◽

Mark Lawrence ◽

Sharon Friel ◽

Victoria Flood ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Impact Of Climate Change ◽

Food And Nutrition Security ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Food And Nutrition

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Addressing the challenges of climate change and biofuel production for food and nutrition security

Food Research International ◽

10.1016/j.foodres.2010.03.010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 43 (7) ◽

pp. 1729-1744 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

M.C. Tirado ◽

M.J. Cohen ◽

N. Aberman ◽

J. Meerman ◽

B. Thompson

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Biofuel Production ◽

Food And Nutrition Security ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Food And Nutrition

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Adaptation to Impacts of Climate Change on the Food and Nutrition Security Status of a Small Island Developing State

Natural Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch043 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 919-944 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Antoine Marie Moustache

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Production Systems ◽

Small Island ◽

Adaptation Measures ◽

Coastal Fisheries ◽

Food And Nutrition Security ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Food And Nutrition ◽

Seychelles Islands ◽

Farm Structures

More frequent extreme weather events, foreseen with climate change, will impact severely on the agricultural and fisheries production systems of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as the Seychelles Islands. Understanding the impacts on agricultural production and coastal fisheries is important to plan adaptation measures for sustainable development, particularly for national food and nutrition security. This chapter addresses some impacts on soil systems in Seychelles: the main cultivation medium. It proposes soil management and conservation practices, and adaptation measures relevant to farm structures and homes to counter these impacts. It addresses alien invasive species and their impacts on food production systems along with coastal fisheries. In conclusion, it urges the implementation of simple, cost-effective adaptation measures to counter these threats.

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Protected Agriculture

Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security in Small Island Developing States ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6501-9.ch007 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 196-220

Author(s):

Janet Lawrence ◽

Leslie Simpson ◽

Adanna Piggott

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Adaptation Strategy ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Successful Development ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Climate Change And Variability ◽

Agriculture Industry ◽

Food And Nutrition ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

This chapter provides an overview of the changing environment and the increased pest pressure that are projected to occur due to climate change and variability. Protected agriculture is introduced as an adaptation strategy to address these conditions and assist with food and nutrition security targets. The scope of the technology and the benefits of producing crops using protected systems as well as the use of protected systems in SIDS, with some emphasis on the Caribbean region, are outlined. The chapter outlines: (1) the specific features of the technology that assist with reducing the impacts of climate change and (2) some possible considerations for the successful development of a sustainable protected agriculture industry under climate change and variability.

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Joachim von Braun and Rajul Pandya-Lorch (eds.). Food Policy for the Poor: Expanding the Research Frontiers: Highlights from 30 Years of IFPRI Research. Washington, D. C.: IFPRI, 2005. 253 Pages. Price not given.

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v44i3pp.321-323 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 321-323

Author(s):

Ayaz Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Production ◽

Food Policy ◽

Policy Research ◽

Food And Nutrition Security ◽

Security Issues ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Food And Nutrition ◽

Management Conflicts ◽

Research Frontiers

The research of the past 30 years at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is highlighted in this volume. The topic is food and nutrition security. Of related concern are the development strategies that impact on technologies for agricultural production, resource management, conflicts and natural disasters, subsidies and safety nets, gender roles, and health. The book consists of nine chapters. The first chapter discusses a changing IFPRI in a changing world. The current and future world food situation is analysed and ways are suggested to increase agricultural production and to explore policies for improving production, trade, and distribution of food so that an increase in the quantity and quality of food would be available for all people. IFPRI has heightened its efforts to raise the awareness about emerging food security issues. In particular, its “2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment” initiative is aimed at promoting policy actions that will lead to food and nutrition security.

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