How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security?
IFPRI Discussion Paper 01340
This paper aims to identify how climate change affects how we should approach the process of transforming agricultural systems to support global food security and poverty reduction in a sustainable way. It argues that the negative effects of climate change are projected to affect the populations with the least capacity to adjust, but with the greatest need for improved agricultural performance to achieve food security and reduce poverty.
The paper discusses five major categories of responses within agricultural transitions that can be taken to respond to climate change: (1) increasing the resilience of production systems, (2) diversification, (3) expanding the use of no regrets technologies and planning, (4) better use of information for risk management, and (5) utilizing the co-benefits from mitigation.
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