Food Safety Challenges

Climate change has posed a huge threat to the food supply in Nepal. It negatively affects food security by disrupting production, access, and affordability. The increasing temperature is making it harder to grow seasonal food crops. More households have been struggling with food shortages in recent decades. Nepal’s food production depends heavily on erratic rainfall. Thus, even a slight change in weather patterns devastates crop yields. Dependence on rainfall and weather-sensitive agriculture makes its food production very vulnerable to climate change impacts. During dry seasons, there is less surface and groundwater available. There is less water for irrigating winter crops.