Extreme heat pushes global agrifood systems to brink, UN report warns

• Notes heatwaves threaten crop yields; rising temperatures disproportionately affect women farmers • Urges shift to proactive measures like early warning systems ISLAMABAD: Extreme heat threatens to push global agrifood systems to the brink, with rising temperatures posing severe hazards to people, crops, livestock and fish, a new United Nations assessment report warned on Wednesday. The report, jointly released by the World Meteorological Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisati...

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