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Article: United States : Climate Change to Cut Crop Yields, Boost Prices, Study Shows.
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- October 1, 2009
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Farmers in South Asia may reap only half of today s wheat harvest in 40 years time as global temperatures rise and rain falls in different places, according to a study on climate change and agriculture.
Climate change may cut corn, wheat and rice yields across developing countries by 2050, boosting prices and causing hunger, according to a study by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute, or IFPRI, financed by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has said it s cautiously optimistic food output can rise 70 percent to feed an increased world population in 2050. The ...