Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Climate pressures on agriculture could significantly alter household food choices and ultimately impact nutrition and cardiometabolic health, experts warned at a workshop in the capital on Sunday.

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) organized the workshop in Dhaka to examine the interconnected pathways between climate change, agricultural output, food availability, and chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

The workshop utilized Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM), a systems analysis approach designed to map complex interlinkages across sectors. Organizers noted that this event marked the first application of FCM in Bangladesh focused specifically on the nexus of climate, nutrition, a...