Climate change adaptation refers to activities taken to mitigate susceptibility to existing or predicted impacts from climate change, including weather extremes and hazards, elevated sea levels, diminished biodiversity, and food and water shortages. Food and water security are the most pressing issues under climate change due to their high susceptibility to constantly changing climatic conditions. Change in the climate severely impacts on agricultural lands, increasing or decreasing food security and, consequently, food nutrition. This will have far-reaching consequences for agricultural water management, even if adaptation capability is relatively good. This is because the more hunger insecurity there is, the more instances of malnutrition are recorded. In developing nations, the effects will vary greatly by region, but they will be caused by a mixture of less beneficial plant development circumstances such as more erratic rainfall, reduced accessibility of water for farming, and increased crop water consumption. These stressors will be added to the pressures to increase the production of food while using less water and reducing deterioration of soil in the face of expanding global populations and shifting dietary habits. The paper emphasizes the management of water-related concerns, agricultural security, and the impact of climate change and provides a more coherent structure.

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Adaptation to Climate Change as a Pre-requisite to Food and Water Security

  • Nagma Khan,
  • Baby Tabassum,
  • Asma Hasan,
  • Mohammad Hashim

摘要

Climate change adaptation refers to activities taken to mitigate susceptibility to existing or predicted impacts from climate change, including weather extremes and hazards, elevated sea levels, diminished biodiversity, and food and water shortages. Food and water security are the most pressing issues under climate change due to their high susceptibility to constantly changing climatic conditions. Change in the climate severely impacts on agricultural lands, increasing or decreasing food security and, consequently, food nutrition. This will have far-reaching consequences for agricultural water management, even if adaptation capability is relatively good. This is because the more hunger insecurity there is, the more instances of malnutrition are recorded. In developing nations, the effects will vary greatly by region, but they will be caused by a mixture of less beneficial plant development circumstances such as more erratic rainfall, reduced accessibility of water for farming, and increased crop water consumption. These stressors will be added to the pressures to increase the production of food while using less water and reducing deterioration of soil in the face of expanding global populations and shifting dietary habits. The paper emphasizes the management of water-related concerns, agricultural security, and the impact of climate change and provides a more coherent structure.