Food

Climate change is projected to reduce the availability and affordability of nutritious food. Impacts are distributed unevenly, with farmworkers, subsistence-based communities, and rural populations facing increasing risks. Opportunities that leverage agroecological approaches can limit emissions from agriculture and improve the resilience of rural communities.

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  • Agricultural adaptation increases resilience in an evolving landscape.
  • Climate change disrupts our food systems in uneven ways.
  • Rural communities face unique challenges and opportunities.

From the Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment

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Close-up of wheat. By Bluemoose, CC-BY-SA-3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons