The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways
Rice-based agri-food systems are an integral element of the nature–climate–food nexus: rice is an important staple for over half the global population, anchors global food security, and shapes ecosystems that regulate climate and water. Being sustained by and driving ecological processes, rice culti...
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| author | Kemp, Benjamin Urfels, Anton Mirzabaev, Alisher |
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| description | Rice-based agri-food systems are an integral element of the nature–climate–food nexus: rice is an important staple for over half the global population, anchors global food security, and shapes ecosystems that regulate climate and water. Being sustained by and driving ecological processes, rice cultivation, on one hand, depends on forests that generate rainfall, wetlands that buffer floods and recycle nutrients, and biodiversity that stabilizes yields under stress, while in turn contributing to water storage and regulation, biodiversity habitat provision, and nutrient cycling within these landscapes. Yet these very ecosystems are under mounting pressure from deforestation, wetland loss, and input-intensive farming. Such disruptions weaken hydrological regulation, carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and yield stability that threaten to erode the resilience of rice landscapes. Protecting ecological foundations is therefore essential for safeguarding rice production and nature to meet global goals on food security, climate resilience, and sustainable development. At the same time, rice systems will also need to adjust and align with shifting water and climate conditions to remain resilient. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1784582025-12-03T02:07:51Z The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways Kemp, Benjamin Urfels, Anton Mirzabaev, Alisher climate change climate resilience agricultural policies food security water management agrifood systems ecosystems biodiversity sustainability Rice-based agri-food systems are an integral element of the nature–climate–food nexus: rice is an important staple for over half the global population, anchors global food security, and shapes ecosystems that regulate climate and water. Being sustained by and driving ecological processes, rice cultivation, on one hand, depends on forests that generate rainfall, wetlands that buffer floods and recycle nutrients, and biodiversity that stabilizes yields under stress, while in turn contributing to water storage and regulation, biodiversity habitat provision, and nutrient cycling within these landscapes. Yet these very ecosystems are under mounting pressure from deforestation, wetland loss, and input-intensive farming. Such disruptions weaken hydrological regulation, carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and yield stability that threaten to erode the resilience of rice landscapes. Protecting ecological foundations is therefore essential for safeguarding rice production and nature to meet global goals on food security, climate resilience, and sustainable development. At the same time, rice systems will also need to adjust and align with shifting water and climate conditions to remain resilient. 2025-11 2025-12-02T21:22:07Z 2025-12-02T21:22:07Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178458 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Kemp, B., Urfels, A., Mirzabaev, A. (2025) The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways. Los Baños, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute. 53 p. |
| spellingShingle | climate change climate resilience agricultural policies food security water management agrifood systems ecosystems biodiversity sustainability Kemp, Benjamin Urfels, Anton Mirzabaev, Alisher The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways |
| title | The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways |
| title_full | The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways |
| title_fullStr | The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways |
| title_short | The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus: Exploring the Interconnections and Synergies Across Rice Ecosystems, Forests, Wetlands, and Climate Pathways |
| title_sort | nature climate food nexus exploring the interconnections and synergies across rice ecosystems forests wetlands and climate pathways |
| topic | climate change climate resilience agricultural policies food security water management agrifood systems ecosystems biodiversity sustainability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178458 |
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