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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.
- Agricultural adaptation increases resilience in an evolving landscape.
- Climate change disrupts our food systems in uneven ways.
- Rural communities face unique challenges and opportunities.
Adapted from the Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
Irrigated Cotton. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Robert Burns
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