ECO-EFFICIENCYto boost food security & make agriculture more resilient to the impacts of climate change

550 million hungry people

in Asia:

of the world’s hungry

which are drought tolerant and also sequester carbon, can improve livestock production, incomes, and livelihoods

is produced in Asia

cassava presents opportunities

As higher temperatures will reduce rice yields,

of the world’s rice

Sources: IPCCC AR5, adb.org, CIAT

Climate data and forecast to make decisions

Diversified and tolerant crops, diversified income

Better farming practices to produce more with less

CLIMATE DATA DIVERSIFICATION MORE EFFICIENT USE OF INPUT

67%

Highly productive tropical forages,

Becoming resilient: climate-smart agriculture

More extreme weather events

Changing rainfall patterns

Rising sea level

Higher temperatures

Climate change

90%