Big Facts on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

South Asia

Did you know that 17% of people in South Asia are undernourished? #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013. The state of food insecurity in the world 2013: The multiple dimensions of food security. Rome: FAO. (Available from http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/)

By 2050 South Asia's population will increase to more than 2.3bn #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[UN-DESA] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2013. World Population prospects, the 2012 revision, highlights and advance tables. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. New York. (Available from http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Documentation/pdf/WPP2010_Highlights.pdf)

In South Asia calorie intake per capita very low yet meat & dairy on the rise. #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Alexandratos N, Bruinsma J. 2012. World agriculture towards 2030/2050: the 2012 revision. ESA Working Paper 12-03. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap106e/ap106e.pdf)

South Asia wastes less food per capita than other regions. Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013b. Food wastage footprint. Impacts on natural resources. Summary Report. Rome, Italy: FAO (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3347e/i3347e.pdf).

South Asia faces extreme risks from storms and floods as climate changes. Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Handmer, J., Y. Honda, Z.W. Kundzewicz, N. Arnell, G. Benito, J. Hatfield, I.F. Mohamed, P. Peduzzi, S. Wu, B. Sherstyukov, K. Takahashi, and Z. Yan, 2012: Changes in impacts of climate extremes: human systems and ecosystems. In: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation [Field, C.B., V. Barros, T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, pp. 231-290. (Available from https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/srex/SREX_Full_Report.pdf)

How will climate change impact crops in South Asia? Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Shyam Singh Yadav, Robert Redden, Jerry L. Hatfield, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Anthony J. W. Hall (eds.). 2011. Crop Adaptation to Climate Change. Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

Improved agronomic practices in South Asia could boost soil carbon storage #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Smith P, Martino D, Cai Z, Gwary D, Janzen H, Kumar P, McCarl B, Ogle S, O’Mara F, Rice C, Scholes B, Sirotenko O, Howden M, McAllister T, Pan G, Romanenkov V, Schneider U, Towprayoon S, Wattenbach M, Smith J. 2008. Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363:789 – 813 (Available from http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1492/789.full) (Accessed on 5 November 2013)

Adaptation in action: 10m Indian farmers benefit from crucial weather alerts. #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Aggarwal P. 2013. Personal communication. New Delhi: International Water Management Institute.