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Article: Climate change to malnourish 25mln children in 2050: study
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 30, 2009
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Climate change to malnourish 25mln children in 2050: study
NAIROBI, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five million more children
will be malnourished in 2050 due to effects of climate change,
according to a report by the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI).
This study, the most comprehensive assessment of the impact of
climate change on agriculture to date, says the impact of climate
change on poor people can be averted with 7 billion U. S. dollars
additional annual investments in rural development.
"This outcome could be averted with seven billion dollars per
year of additional investments in agricultural productivity to help
farmers to adapt to the effects of climate change," ...