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A conference set to take place on Thursday in New York will debate the role of agriculture and food systems in sustainable development and aims to draw att

CGIAR Climate's insight:

CGIAR, a consortium involvement 15 agriculture research centres, recently announced that it will invest at least 60% of its budget in helping 500 million farmers adapt to more stressful growing conditions as the effects of climate change take hold.

Research has suggested that climate change could slowdown crop yields and significantly affect food prices and availability in the long term. The World Bank also recently warned that climate change could severely disrupt the global food system, triggering a food crisis.