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Climate change: Understanding impacts on agrifood systems and evaluating policy options

In: Global food policy report 2025: Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world

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  • Rosegrant, Mark W.
  • Bryan, Elizabeth
  • Thomas, Timothy S.
  • Wiebe, Keith D.

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Climate change is a major challenge of our time, with global and far-reaching effects on and from agriculture and food systems. This chapter reviews the evolution of research on climate change, food security, and food systems, reflecting on IFPRI’s major contributions to understanding and modeling climate change impacts and identifying promising policies and investments for mitigation and adaptation. Book link: ("https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174108")

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  • Rosegrant, Mark W. & Bryan, Elizabeth & Thomas, Timothy S. & Wiebe, Keith D., 2025. "Climate change: Understanding impacts on agrifood systems and evaluating policy options," IFPRI book chapters, in: Global food policy report 2025: Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world, chapter 4, pages 75-106, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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