Links Between Perceptions of Climate Change and Food Security: Developing Country Context

Climate change affects many facets of human existence, and its adverse effects significantly harm vulnerable populations in developing countries, including affecting their food security. Without contemplating climate change, it is impossible to consider socioeconomic development in developing nations. This chapter aims to provide a thorough analysis of the many viewpoints regarding climate change and food security among disadvantaged people in emerging economies. Population groups that live in places that are sensitive to climate change and prone to its effects confront problems concerning societal and economic viewpoints, adaptation tactics, and survival methods. Changes in climatic circumstances, such as erratic rainfall, temperature fluctuations, and climate-related extreme events like floods, cyclones, and droughts, are known to significantly impede agricultural productivity as well as food supply and accessibility. We found that people living in developing countries experience various changes in temperature (fluctuations; increasing or decreasing) and rainfall (increasing or decreasing), which have a profound impact on their food production and availability. Changing planting schedules, enacting conservation techniques, irrigating, and diversifying sources of income are all examples of adaptation strategies against climate change available in many emergent nations. There has to be additional research on the potential links between food insecurity and climate change at the territorial level. Additional research is necessary to thoroughly address the impact of climate change on food security in developing nations and the adaptation strategies employed by vulnerable populations. Both national and regional policies should be put into place to strengthen adaptation and resilience.