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Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwapa lofalitsidwa ndi bungwe la United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), kusintha kwa nyengo kungawononge 80 peresenti ya alimi ang’onoang’ono m’mayiko osauka. Alimi ang'onoang'ono, omwe amadalira ulimi wa mvula ndipo alibe mwayi wopeza zipangizo zamakono ndi zothandizira, ndi omwe ali pachiopsezo chachikulu cha kusintha kwa nyengo. Zochitika zanyengo zowopsa monga chilala, kusefukira kwa madzi, ndi mafunde otentha zimatha kuwononga mbewu, ziweto, ndi zomangamanga, ndikusokoneza njira zoperekera zinthu, zomwe zimadzetsa kusowa kwa chakudya ndi umphawi.
Kuwonjezera pa kuopseza alimi ang'onoang'ono, kusintha kwa nyengo kungathenso kuchepetsa malo olimapo. Kukwera kwa kutentha ndi kusintha kwa mvula kungayambitse kukokoloka kwa nthaka, kusanduka chipululu, ndi mchere, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kulima mbewu kusakhale kovuta. Bungwe la Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) linaneneratu kuti pofika m’chaka cha 2050, kusintha kwa nyengo kungachepetse zokolola zapadziko lonse ndi 30%.
Pofuna kuchepetsa mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo pa ulimi, alimi, akatswiri a ulimi, akatswiri a zaulimi, ndi eni mafamu ayenera kutsatira njira zoyendetsera ulimi zomwe zimalimbikitsa thanzi la nthaka, kasungidwe ka madzi, komanso zamoyo zosiyanasiyana. Mwachitsanzo, ulimi wa mitengo, womwe umaphatikizapo kubzala mitengo pambali pa mbewu ndi ziweto, ungathandize kuti nthaka ikhale yachonde, iteteze kukokoloka, ndi kuwononga carbon. Ulimi wosamala, womwe umafuna kuti tikulima pang'ono, kasinthasintha wa mbewu, ndi kubzala m'nthaka, ukhoza kuchepetsa kukokoloka kwa nthaka, kuonjezera kusunga madzi, ndi kupititsa patsogolo nthaka.
Kusintha kwanyengo ndi vuto lalikulu pazakudya padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo alimi ang'onoang'ono ndi omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Kuti tipeze tsogolo lokhazikika laulimi, tifunika kuchitapo kanthu mwamsanga kuti tichepetse kusintha kwa nyengo paulimi ndikulimbikitsa ulimi wokhazikika. Pogwira ntchito limodzi, tikhoza kupanga chakudya chokhazikika komanso chokhazikika chomwe chimapindulitsa alimi ndi ogula.