GLOBAL WARMING: FOOD PRODUCTION
CLIMATE CHANGE
AND FOOD NUTRITION
Not only the amount of food produed but also its
nutritional quality will suffer from global warming.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
TO RESULT IN LESS NUTRITIONAL FOOD, REPORT SAYS (from an article by EVAN HALPER,
Los Angeles Times, Business, cited in googlealerts-noreply@google.com, June 8, 2014)
“Climate
change threatens to undermine not only how much food can be grown but also the
quality of that food as altered weather patterns lead to a less desirable
harvest, according to a new study. Crops have a lower nutritional content than
they once did, according to the report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,
part of a project chaired by former Agriculture
Secretary Dan Glickman and former Rep. Doug Bereuter (R-Neb.)”.
According
to the report higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reduced the protein
content in wheat, and the International Rice Research Institute says that the
quality of rice will decrease as temperatures rise.
Agricultural industry leaders and policymakers, are gathering
n Washington to examine how to deal with extreme heat, drought and flooding due
to climate change that may decrease food production.
"Adaptation must begin now," the report said.
"Developing the necessary scientific breakthroughs and broadly
disseminating them will require years, even decades of lead time." The report noted that growing
regions everywhere will eventually suffer as a result of global warming.
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