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Adapting to Climate-Driven Food Insecurity: Resilient Agriculture Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems (SDGs 2 & 13)

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  Adapting to Climate-Driven Food Insecurity: Resilient Agriculture Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems (SDGs 2 & 13) Adapting to climate-driven food insecurity has become a pressing global necessity as extreme weather events, shifting precipitation patterns, and rising temperatures increasingly threaten food production and supply chains. These climate-induced disruptions negatively affect agricultural yields, soil fertility, and water availability, particularly in vulnerable regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The impacts are far-reaching, exacerbating malnutrition, poverty, and economic instability for millions of people worldwide. For instance, between 2019 and 2022, the number of people facing acute food insecurity surged from 135 million to 345 million across 82 countries, driven by climate phenomena and other global crises  how to mittigate climate change . Fig:1 Change in hungry people. Source: ResearchGate. To address these challenges, agriculture...