They fear that desperate farmers will be forced into higher, cooler mountainous areas, intensifying pressure on sensitive forests and threatening wildlife as well and the quality and quantity of water supplies. These new findings indicate that large numbers of rural people in developing countries are already facing acute hunger and malnutrition.
Wanahofia kwamba wakulima ambao watakuwa wamekata tamaa, watahamia sehemu za milimani ambako kuna baridi na kuvamia misitu nyeti na hivyo kuhatarisha maisha ya wanyama pori na vyanzo vya maji pamoja na ubora na uwingi wa maji hayo. Utafiti huo unaonyesha kwamba tayari idadi kubwa ya watu wanaoishi katika nchi zinazoendelea wana upungufu mkubwa wa chakula, lishe duni na utapia mlo.