Global Warming Threatens Central Asia’s Food Security, CACF Expert Warns

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Global warming will lead to sharper changes in daily and seasonal temperatures, more extreme weather events, shifts in climate zones and agricultural epidemics caused by invasive fungi, bacteria, viruses and insects. These changes will negatively affect Central Asia’s ability to grow its own food, according to the Central Asian Climate Fund (CACF). Photo credit: CACF Temur Yunusov, scientific consulta

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