Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Consideration of mountain-relevant hazards in agriculture, food and nutrition policies Acknowledgement/identification of the issue No mention of the issue Strategies to address the issue

Dominant regulatory authority

Main policy

Mountain-relevant climate hazards

Transboundary consideration Indigenous communities Cross-cutting considerations

Rising temperatures

Floods and flash floods

Heavy snow and cold extremes

Reduced snow cover

Droughts / low river flow

Land slides

Heat waves

Wild fires

Ecosystems degradation

GLOFs

Avalanches Glacial melting

Gender

National Comprehensive Agriculture Development Priority Program 2016

Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock

Afghanistan

Ministry of Agriculture

National Agriculture Policy 2013

Bangladesh

Ministry of Agriculture and Forests

Food and Nutrition Security Policy 2014

Bhutan

Ministry of Agriculture

Food Safety Law 2015

China

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

India

Vision 2020

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

National Food Law 2013

Myanmar

Ministry of Agriculture

Agriculture Development Strategy, 2014

Nepal

and Livestock Development

Ministry of National Food Security and Research

National Food Security Policy, 2018

Pakistan

GRID-A RENDAL / L ÓPEZ , 2018

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