While climate change and extreme weather events are impacting the environment in many ways, agriculture and food production in Asia and the Pacific are among those hardest hit and must be first in line to defend, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

Droughts, floods and other natural disasters are becoming more frequent in Asia and the Pacific, already the most disaster-prone region in the world. When they strike, their impact on food production can be immediate. Because of this FAO is working with member nations, their farmers, academia, civil society and the private sector to improve ways to adapt to, and mitigate the effects of, climate change and crises on the agriculture sector.