- Agricultural production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to feed a world population of 9 billion.
- In the next 40 years, agricultural land will be lost to urbanization, desertification, sea level rise and increasingly salty water.
- Bangladesh, Kenya eye climate-smart farming practices.
In November 2007, powerful Cyclone Sidr claimed the lives of thousands of people in Bangladesh and wiped out a lot of the country's rice crop. A year later, Bangladesh became the first country to put together a multibillion dollar strategy on climate change, including a plan to boost agricultural production and food security in anticipation of more adverse weather.
“If one country is aware and taking action, it's Bangladesh,” says Maria Sarraf, a senior environmental economist for the World Bank's South Asia region. “While other countries are projecting climate change, Bangladesh has already suffered from it.”
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