India, Nov. 5 -- Climate change is reducing crop yields, disrupting food supply chains, and pushing up food prices in India, with economic losses extending beyond farms to retailers and consumers, according to a new white paper by the research-based consulting initiative Climate Trends launched in New Delhi on Wednesday.

According to the report titled 'From Risk to Resilience: Climate Change, Ecology and the Future of Indian Agriculture', India's food systems are facing the combined impact of rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, extreme weather events and ecological degradation. These pressures are affecting agricultural production, food availability and affordability, while threatening rural livelihoods, it adds.

India's food systems...