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FOOD SECURITY

Climate change in the hottest wheat regions

Nature Food volume 2, pages 8–9 (2021)Cite this article

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Without breakthroughs for adaptation, rising temperatures in the hottest wheat-producing environments, such as Sudan, could reduce domestic production, increase dependency on imports and threaten food security for millions.

Climate change poses new challenges and exacerbates existing problems in agriculture1. The impact of climate change, particularly rising temperatures, is more alarming in warmer environments. The threat to production of temperate crops such as wheat (Triticum aestivum) has profound consequences on food security in warmer regions of the world with rapidly growing populations. In this issue of Nature Food, Iizumi and colleagues2 address the challenges of wheat production under rising temperatures and increasing demand in Sudan — one of the hottest wheat-growing environments in the world.

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Tesfaye, K. Climate change in the hottest wheat regions. Nat Food 2, 8–9 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00218-0

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