Eating your greens could become more costly due to climate change

Keeping healthy could become more costly as climate change and water scarcity cause a huge drop in the global production of vegetables and legumes. [Courtesy]

Keeping healthy could become more costly as climate change and water scarcity cause a huge drop in the global production of vegetables and legumes, scientists have warned.

The amount of vegetables produced could fall by more than a third, especially in hot regions like southern Europe and swathes of Africa and South Asia, said researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.