Big Facts on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Climate Impact on People

250M people will face a 5% decrease in growing season in next 40 years. #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Ericksen P, Thornton P, Notenbaert A, Cramer L, Jones P, Herrero M. 2011. Mapping hotspots of climate change and food insecurity in the global tropics. CCAFS Report no. 5. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. Available online at: www.ccafs.cgiar.org

INFOGRAPHICS: impact of climate change on people #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Black R, Kniveton D, Skeldon R, Coppard D, Murata A and Schmidt-Verkerk K. 2008. Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends and their Policy Implications for Migration. Working Paper T-27, University of Sussex: Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty. (Available from http://www.migrationdrc.org/publications/working_papers/WP-T27.pdf)

INFOGRAPHICS: impact of climate change on people #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Ivanic M, Martin W. 2008. Implications of higher global food prices for poverty in low-income countries, Agricultural Economics 39: 405–416. (Available from http://go.worldbank.org/TDGMV6ZLE0)

INFOGRAPHICS: impact of climate change on people #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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GAR 2013. From shared risk to shared value: the business case for disaster risk reduction. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland (Available from http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/33013)

INFOGRAPHICS: impact of climate change on people #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Carter MR, Barrett CB. 2006. The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach. Journal of Development Studies 42:178-199. (Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00220380500405261)

Women farmers could help reduce world hunger by 17% if they had the same resources as men via @cgiarclimate

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[FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2011b. The State of Food and Agriculture 2010-2011. Women in Agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development. Rome, Italy. (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2050e/i2050e.pdf)