How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies?

` How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies? A new study attempts to estimate the effects of climate change on global agriculture--and outline ways to mitigate its most dire consequences The people of East Africa once again face a devastating... More

` How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies? A new study attempts to estimate the effects of climate change on global agriculture--and outline ways to mitigate its most dire consequences The people of East Africa once again face a devastating drought this year: Crops wither and fail from Kenya to Ethiopia, livestock drop dead and famine spreads. Although, historically, such droughts are not uncommon in this region, their frequency seems to have increased in recent years, raising prices for staple foods, such as maize. This scenario may simply be a taste of a world undergoing climate change in the mid–21st century, according to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Washington, D. C. –based organization seeking an end to hunger and poverty through appropriate local, national and international agricultural policies. By IFPRI s estimate, 25 million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to the impact of climate ch Less