Eco-efficiency to boost food security & make agriculture more resilient to the impacts of climate change in Asia

1. ECO-EFFICIENCY
to boost food security & make agriculture more resilient to the impacts of climate change
550 million
hungry people
in Asia:
of the world’s
hungry
which are drought tolerant and also
sequester carbon, can improve livestock
production, incomes, and livelihoods
is produced in Asia
cassava presents opportunities
As higher temperatures
will reduce rice yields,
of the world’s rice
Sources: IPCCC AR5, adb.org, CIAT
Climate data and forecast
to make decisions
Diversified and tolerant
crops, diversified income
Better farming practices to
produce more with less
CLIMATE DATA DIVERSIFICATION MORE EFFICIENT
USE OF INPUT
67%
Highly productive tropical forages,
Becoming resilient:
climate-smart agriculture
More extreme
weather events
Changing
rainfall patterns
Rising
sea level
Higher
temperatures
Climate change
90%