78 million people could suffer from chronic hunger due to climate change (Gizmodo)

Gizmodo (Brazil) published an article on the IFPRI study, Climate change and hunger: Estimating costs of adaption in the agrifood system, that found that investments in agricultural research, water management and infrastructure can prevent the impacts of climate change from increasing the number of people suffering from chronic hunger by 2050. Only the agricultural sector would need to receive an investment of US$ 2 billion per year, which represents a growth of 120% compared to current values. The Institute estimates that if nothing is done now, 78 million people will live with chronic hunger. Timothy Sulser, a senior scientist at IFPRI and lead author of the study, says more than half of those likely to be subject to it live in Africa, south of the Sahara and South Asia, where citizens are more vulnerable compared to others. regions of the planet.