Stefanie Tye

Oct 18, 2024 | wri.org | Stefanie Tye |Catherine Ann Beal |Rebecca Carter

In 2024, severe floods in Kenya damaged more than 26,000 hectares of farmland and killed 11,000 livestock, deeply undermining local families' food security and incomes. A cyclone in India in 2023 destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops, leaving farmers "in despair." As climate change intensifies, drought, wildfires, extreme heat and pest infestations are taking an ever-larger toll on food production and farmers' livelihoods. However, these impacts do not stop at the farm gate.