Up to 122 million more people worldwide could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 as a result of climate change and its impacts on small-scale farmers\u2019 incomes, a major UN report warned on Monday.
\nClimate change is \u201ca major and growing threat to global food security\u201d, said the report, warning that it could increase the global population living in extreme poverty by between 35 and 122 million by 2030, with farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa among the hardest hit.
\nThe 2016 State of Food and Agriculture report, published by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), calls for \u201cdeep transformations in agriculture and food systems\u201d and for the world\u2019s half-billion small-scale farms to receive particular support.
\nThe report warns that without \u201cwidespread adoption of sustainable land, water, fisheries and forestry practices, global poverty cannot be eradicated\u201d.
\nThe report cites diversifying crop production, better integration of farming with the natural habitat, agroecology and \u201csustainable intensification\u201d as strategies to help small-scale farmers adapt to a warming world.<\/p>\n