Climate change will hit hardest on the food security in Nepal through various aspects. Number of food deficient population has increased remarkably in the recent decades due to various reasons. Global predictions show slight increase in the food production with respect to estimated climate change but our food production having based on the rain fed depending on the weather pattern, even small and short period weather extremities will badly effect the production and supply. Lesser availability of surface and sub surface water for irrigation particularly during non monsoon seasons will adversely affect on the winter crop production combined with flood damages to the arable lands in summer. Vulnerability to the infrastructures will affect food supply and access particularly in the mountain region where people are already in the surge of price hikes. Coping capacity at the local and national level is very low. On the other hand people lack flexible strategies of livelihood options as alternatives for household income. There is lack of proper information on the potential impacts at all levels. Field level studies are urgent for different sectors including agriculture. This article tries to highlight the urgent need of further exploration and preparedness to curb potential adverse impacts with adaptation measures.
