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These crops are suffering most from climate change

The World Meteorological Organization has warned that rising global temperatures could threaten the food supply. Triggering price spikes known as ‘heatflation’. World food prices hit a record high in 2022, though they have since fallen again. A NASA study predicted that maize crops could decline 24% by 2030. Experts rank the food supply crisis as one of the world’s top 5 currently manifesting risks.

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