Rice and food security: Climate change implications and the future prospects for nutritional security

Rice is a staple crop in many parts of the world and in this review, we highlighted the prospects of rice for future climatic conditions. In this review, we describe how rice could be a better option for future food and nutritional sustainability. This review describes the advantages and prospects of rice, to address why it is the best for the future situation and future questions and actions that are needed to develop a sustainable future food supply in light of global climate change. AbstractEnvironmental stresses including salinity, drought, cold, warmer temperatures, alterations in precipitation patterns, fluctuations of weather events, and increasing insect and disease infestations negatively affect crop production and nutritional values. This situation becomes further complicated due to the changing climatic conditions, thus raising concern about food security worldwide. Some worst-case projections indicated that by 2100, CO2 concentrations will reach 950 parts per million, temperatures will climb by 3.5 to more than 8 °C, sea level will rise by more than 2.4 meters, and the average farmland drought risk index will increase from 52.45 to 129. In addition, average precipitation will increase by 1%–3% in some areas and atmospheric water vapor will increase by 6%–7% for every degree of temperature rise. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple crop in many parts of the world. The main objective of this review is to highlight the prospects of rice for future climatic conditi...

Source: Food and Energy Security - November 26, 2022 Category: Food Science Authors: Hridoy Ul Awall Rezvi, Md. Tahjib ‐Ul‐Arif, Md. Abdul Azim, Toufica Ahmed Tumpa, Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu, Farhana Najnine, Mona F. A. Dawood, Milan Skalicky, Marián Brestič Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research