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- Recently, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) released a report on climate change and food systems.
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About International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Major Highlights of the Report
- India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 due to climate change.
- The number of Indians at risk from hunger in 2030 is expected to be 73.9 million in 2030 and it would increase to 90.6 million eventually.
- The aggregate food production index would, under similar conditions, drop from 1.6 to 1.5.
- Average calorie consumption: Climate change will not impact the average calorie consumption of Indians and this is projected to remain roughly the same at 2,600 kcal per capita per day by 2030 even in a climate change scenario.
- Growth in food production: Baseline projections indicate that global food production will grow by about 60% over 2010 levels by 2050 in the context of climate change.
- Production and demand are projected to grow more rapidly in developing countries, particularly in Africa, than in developed countries, due to projected growth in population and incomes.
- Higher-value foods: Diets are also shifting toward higher-value foods, including more fruits and vegetables, processed foods, and animal-source foods, outside of high-income countries.
- Meat production is projected to double in South Asia and West and Central Africa by 2030 and triple by 2050.
- Per capita consumption levels: Despite this growth, per capita consumption levels in developing countries will remain less than half of those in developed countries.
- The demand for processed foods also shows up in the growing production of oil crops: by 2050 production is expected to more than double in Southeast Asia and West and Central Africa.
- Production of fruit and vegetables is projected to grow more than double in most regions (Central and West Asia and North Africa; East and Southern Africa; and West and Central Africa) by 2050.
- Average dietary energy consumption is projected to increase by about 10% globally to more than 3,000 kcal per capita per day.
- Regional differences in access to food mean that nearly 500 million people are projected to remain at risk of going hungry.
- Globally, about 70 million more people will be at risk from hunger because of climate change, including more than 28 million in East and Southern Africa.
- The average temperature across India is projected to rise by between 2.4°C and 4.4°C by 2100.
- Similarly, summer heatwaves are projected to triple by 2100 in India and increase at the rate of 0.71 days per decade in Pakistan.
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India’s Step in Ensuring Food Security
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Source: TH
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