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display_name: "Chapter 1: Introduction and Report Background (in 'Climate Change Global Food Security and the U.S. Food System')"
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  - display_name: '1.1: Food system activities and feedbacks'
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  - display_name: '1.2: Projected changes in global surface temperature and precipitation'
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  - display_name: '1.3: Framework for integrated agricultural and food system impact assessments'
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  - display_name: '1.4: Climate-change effects on agricultural commodities in 2050 under different SSPs and RCPs'
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  - display_name: '1.5: Relative risks to food availability for different SSPs'
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  - display_name: '1.6: Relative risks to food access for different SSPs'
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  - display_name: '1.7: Relative risks to food utilization for different SSPs'
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href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/report/usda-climate-change-global-food-security-us-food-system-2015/chapter/introduction-report-background.yaml
identifier: introduction-report-background
number: 1
report_identifier: usda-climate-change-global-food-security-us-food-system-2015
tables:
  - display_name: '1.1: The Components of Food Security'
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title: Introduction and Report Background
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