Heat reshaping India's food economy as El Niño strengthens; drought in six states stresses farm outlook

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, Nov 4 (UNI) Climate change is already cutting into India's food supply, disrupting farm-to-market systems and driving up food prices, with annual losses running into billions of dollars, according to a new white paper by Climate Trends released on Wednesday. The paper highlights how these cascading impacts threaten livelihoods, incomes and food security. "With heatwaves, erratic rainfall and the worst El Niño since 1950 on the horizon, these threats are expected to intensify," states 'From Risk to Resilience: Climate Change, Ecology and the Future of Indian Agriculture', calling for an urgent agroecological transition towards a more…