Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change

Ronald Oberdeck, Gina Parham (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

115 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62257-935-8 (ISBN)

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This book examines global climate models that predict increases over time in average temperature worldwide, with significant impacts on local patterns of temperature and precipitation. The extent to which such changes present a risk to food supplies, farmer livelihoods, and rural communities depends in part on the direction, magnitude, and rate of such changes, but equally important on the ability of the agricultural sector to adapt to changing patterns of yield and productivity, production cost, and resource availability. Study findings suggest that, while impacts are highly sensitive to uncertain climate projections, farmers have considerable flexibility to adapt to changes in local weather, resource conditions, and price signals by adjusting crops, rotations, and production practices. Such adaptation, using existing crop production technologies, can partially mitigate the impacts of climate change on national agricultural markets.

Preface; Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate: Economic & Environmental Implications Vary by U.S. Region; Testimony of John M Antle, Professor of Agricultural Economics & Economics, Montana State University. Hearing to "Review the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on the Farm Sector"; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	311 g
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-62257-935-6 / 1622579356
ISBN-13	978-1-62257-935-8 / 9781622579358
Zustand	Neuware