Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought, Australian scientists say. The findings underscored the need to develop climate-change-resistant cultivars to feed rapidly growing human populations, said Ros Gleadow of the Monash University in Melbourne.
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-yield
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
