If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global climate change is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the race to produce more food, scientists say.
In a warmer world beset by greater extremes of droughts and floods, farmers will have to change crop management practices, grow tougher plant varieties and be prepared for constant change in the way they operate, scientists say.
"There certainly are going to be lots of challenges in the future," said Lisa Ainsworth, a molecular biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Temperature is one of them, water is another."
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