Climate change introduction
The environment is a platform for interaction between plants, animals, and humans, resulting in a close link between the environment and food production. Thus, climate change, a factor that affects the environment, is bound to affect food production and the entire food system.
Climate change is hallmarked by changes in temperature, rainfall patterns (timing, amount, duration of rain season), sea levels, sea water temperature, and acidity that affect food production negatively.
The predicted global population of ten trillion by 2050 is expected to increase demand for food production, which will negatively impact the environment. One of the challenges of our time is, therefore, to increase food production without negatively impacting the environment. A sustainable food production method, food waste management, utilization of indigenous food, and including indigenous foods in the food systems can mitigate the effect of climate change on food production.
Sustainable nutrition-sensitive food production methods that do not compromise the ability of future generations to produce food to meet their nutrition requirement need action now.
Emergency preparedness by developing policies, strategies, and programs is curricula to prevent emergencies from ending in food insecurity and famine. Thus, for holistic emergency preparedness, a coordinated approach to raising awareness and creating a platform for stimulating discussion that will help identify solutions to mitigate climate change effects is a far-overdue task.