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CCHAPTER 11
Climate change impacts on food systems and implications for climate-compatible food policies
Tim Wheeler 314
1. Introduction 316
2. Climate change 317
3. Climate variability and agriculture 318
4. Impacts of climate change on food availability 319
4.1 Global studies of impacts on crop production and yield 321
4.2 Local, national and regional studies of impacts on crop production and yield 322
5. Impacts on food access, utilization and stability 323
6. Mitigation and adaptation in the agricultural sector 326
7. Understanding and working with uncertainty about climate change impacts on food security 328
8. Towards climate-compatible food policies 330
9. Conclusions 330
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