Climate change threatens India's 378 million women of childbearing age with anemia due to rising temperatures and declining crop nutrients.
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A 2017 Harvard study published in GeoHealth journal that analyzed diets from 152 countries found that wheat, rice, barley, maize, and legumes have lower iron concentrations of 4%-10% when grown under increased carbon dioxide concentration. This puts 57% of children under age 5 — a staggering 354 million —- and 1.06 billion women of childbearing age, at risk of anemia.
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Governments worldwide are pushing farmers to adopt genetically modified hybrid varieties to combat food insecurity and feed the rapidly growing population. These varieties are easy to grow and have a higher yield than native ones, but they require intensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the overuse of which impacts the soil and its nutrients, leading to a decline in essential nutrients in the crops.