India, Nov. 15 -- Expect more malnutrition as yield potential of key crops shrink

Climate change in India may further append malnutrition levels and exacerbate infections caused due to cholera, stated the Lancet Countdown Report 2019 on Health and Climate Change .

According to the findings, released November 13, 2019, the average yield potential of maize and rice declined almost 2 per cent in India since the 1960s.

Malnutrition was already responsible for two-thirds of deaths under the age of five in India.

"Besides, the average yield potential for both soybean and winter wheat has declined by over 1 per cent," Richard Davies, a consultant with The Lancet, told Down To Earth .

The report, quoting a paper, claimed yields of four key c...