Mondira was invited to speak at the UNWFP-India and ICRISAT Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Studying the Effect of Climate Change on Food Security and Nutrition in India’.
The UNWFP-India and ICRISAT held a two-day stakeholder consultation with key government ministries, think tanks, researchers and academic institutions to brainstorm and explore the design of a systematic study on understanding the impacts of climate change on food and nutrition security and its effect on the sustainability and stability of food systems in India. Mondira spoke at a thematic session on ‘How climate change and its variability is affecting food availability in India: Identifying the issues and challenges’. The session probed the following questions –
- How is climate variability impacting food availability in India?
- What are the key issues and challenges that needs to be taken care of while studying the effect of climate change on food availability?
- What are the current evidences and gaps for building climate-resilient food availability and better adaptation, which can reduce climate-induced food and nutrition insecurity in India.