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Climate change could impact food output: World Bank report
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: The government's attempts to push through the Food Security Bill may earn it political brownie points, but failure to counter and stem climate change is likely to blunt the impact of the legislation. Existing projections on the impact of higher temperature on agricultural production vary. However, there is empirical evidence that higher temperatures, and the resulting higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are expected to lower protein levels of crops such as wheat and rice. A World...
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