Issues In The Impacts Of Climate Variability And Change On Agriculture

Author : Otto C. Doering III,J.C. Randolph,Jane Southworth,Rebecca A. Pfeifer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461509691

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Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Production Systems by Otto C. Doering III,J.C. Randolph,Jane Southworth,Rebecca A. Pfeifer Pdf

Effects of Climate Change and Viarability on the Agricultural Production Systems provides an integrated assessment of global climate change's impact on agriculture at the farm level, in the context of farm level adaptation decisions. Ten agricultural areas in the Upper Midwest region - the heart of the United States' corn belt - were subjected to climate change and changing climate variability scenarios through simulations of future climate using results from general circulation models. Crop growth models, calibrated to the study sites, were used to simulate yields under varying climate conditions. Farm level production and economic analyses were performed to determine what adaptation strategies might be best utilized to maintain production and profitability for producers under conditions of global climate change and changing climate variability. Similar integrated analyses from Australia and Argentina provide comparisons from different regions.

Author : James Salinger,Mannava VK Sivakumar,Raymond P. Motha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402041662

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Increasing Climate Variability and Change by James Salinger,Mannava VK Sivakumar,Raymond P. Motha Pdf

This book reviews the latest assessments of climate variability and climate change, and their impacts on agriculture and forestry, and recommends appropriate adaptation strategies for reducing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to climate variability and climate change. Among other solutions, the text offers management strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from different agroecosystems, and proposes the use of seasonal climate forecasts to reduce climate risk.

Author : Linda O Mearns
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401719853

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Issues in the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture by Linda O Mearns Pdf

Author : Linda O. Mearns
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401719841

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Issues in the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture by Linda O. Mearns Pdf

This book presents a collection of articles concerning key topics which examine the impacts of climate change and variability on agriculture. The application region is the southeastern United States. The main topics include an investigation of the effect of variations in the spatial scale of climate change scenarios on an agricultural integrated assessment, methods of simulating adaptations of climate change, and the relationship between large scale climate variability and local climate and vegetation. This book will be very useful for researchers and policy makers involved in climate change impacts.

Author : John M. Reilly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521016282

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Agriculture: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States by John M. Reilly Pdf

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Author : Victor R. Squires,Mahesh K. Gaur
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030367626

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Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability by Victor R. Squires,Mahesh K. Gaur Pdf

This volume analyzes the global challenges of food security, land use changes, and climate change impacts on food production in order to recommend sustainable development policies, anticipate future food services and demands, and identify the economic benefits and trade-offs of meeting food security demands and achieving climate change mitigation objectives. The key points of analysis that form the conclusions of this book are based on measuring the quantity and quality of land and water resources, and the rate of use of sustainable management of these resources in the context of socio-economic factors, including food security, poverty, and climate change impacts. In six parts, readers will learn about these crucial dimensions of the affects of climate change on food security, and will gain a better understanding of how to assess the trade-offs when combating multiple climate change challenges and how to develop sustainable solutions to these problems. The book presents multidimensional perspectives from expert contributors, offering holistic and strategic approaches to link knowledge on climate change and food security with action in the form of policy recommendations, with a focus on sociological and socio-economic components of climate change impacts. The intended audience of the book includes students and researchers engaged in climate change and food security issues, NGOs, and policy makers.

Author : Krishna Kumar Choudhary,Ajay Kumar,Amit Kishore Singh
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128175224

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Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems by Krishna Kumar Choudhary,Ajay Kumar,Amit Kishore Singh Pdf

Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems explains the causative factors of climate change related to agriculture, soil and plants, and discusses the relevant resulting mitigation process. Agricultural ecosystems include factors from the surrounding areas where agriculture experiences direct or indirect interaction with the plants, animals, and microbes present. Changes in climatic conditions influence all the factors of agricultural ecosystems, which can potentially adversely affect their productivity. This book summarizes the different aspects of vulnerability, adaptation, and amelioration of climate change in respect to plants, crops, soil, and microbes for the sustainability of the agricultural sector and, ultimately, food security for the future. It also focuses on the utilization of information technology for the sustainability of the agricultural sector along with the capacity and adaptability of agricultural societies under climate change. Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems incorporates both theoretical and practical aspects, and serves as base line information for future research. This book is a valuable resource for those working in environmental sciences, soil sciences, agricultural microbiology, plant pathology, and agronomy. Covers the role of chemicals fertilizers, environmental deposition, and xenobiotics in climate change Discusses the impact of climate change on plants, soil, microflora, and agricultural ecosystems Explores the mitigation of climate change by sustainable methods Presents the role of computational modelling in climate change mitigation

Author : Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112108039337

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The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States by Climate Change Science Program (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Golam Kibria
Publisher : New India Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : 938145051X

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Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production by Golam Kibria Pdf

The book 'Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production: Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Remedies' provides an overview of climate change impacts on all agricultural food producing sectors (agriculture, livestock and fisheries), food contamination, and food safety (microbial pathogens, toxic biological & toxic chemical contaminants), food security and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures to counteract or minimise or reduce the effects of climate change on agriculture, livestock and fisheries. It reviews and summarizes research results, data and information from the world including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Polar Regions and Small Island Nations. The book has been structured as textbook, reference book and extension book and written in simple and plain English with key facts and acronyms and glossary provided in each with tables and figures to benefit a wide range of readeThe key data and information provided in each are highlighted below:

Author : Peter Backlund
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781437910988

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Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States by Peter Backlund Pdf

This report by the Nat. Science and Tech. Council¿s U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is part of a series of 21 reports aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. These reports are also intended to help the CCSP develop future program research priorities. The CCSP¿s guiding vision is to provide the Nation and the global community with the science-based knowledge needed to manage the risks and capture the opportunities associated with climate and related environmental changes. This report assesses the effects of climate change on U.S. land resources, water resources, agriculture, and biodiversity. It was developed with broad scientific input. Illus.

Author : Ellen Wall,Barry Smit,Johanna Wandel
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780774840200

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Farming in a Changing Climate by Ellen Wall,Barry Smit,Johanna Wandel Pdf

In farming systems across Canada, effective risk management is necessary to deal with drought, flooding, and extreme weather, and to adapt to altered climate and weather conditions. Unfortunately, climate change risks and opportunities are not always well understood among researchers and policy makers in the Canadian agri-food sector. This book addresses that gap by providing a wide-ranging synopsis of what climate change means for Canadian agriculture, exploring different approaches to the topic, and presenting examples of current research. It covers all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems. This comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture.

Author : Ariel Dinar,Robert O. Mendelsohn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857939869

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Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture by Ariel Dinar,Robert O. Mendelsohn Pdf

Ô. . . this book is a very useful resource for the lawyer. . . makes a good start by presenting a wide-ranging portfolio of multidisciplinary research that will assist in progressing the task, challenging though it may be.Õ Ð Chris Rodgers, Environmental Liability This book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations, especially in the developing world; therefore, any impact on it will have significant economic, social, and political ramifications. Scholars from around the world and from various fields have been brought together to explore this important topic. The contributions found here analyze direct agronomic effects, the economic impacts on agriculture, agricultural impacts on the economy, agricultural mitigation, and farmer adaptation. The authors argue that climate change is likely to have an extensive impact on agriculture around the world through changes in temperature, precipitation, concentrations of carbon dioxide, and available water flows. This thorough and timely volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring the impacts of climate change in arguably the most important sector of the world economy. Economists, agronomists, and climate modelers in academia and the public sector, policy analysts and development agency staff, and graduate/postgraduate students will find this remarkable volume a welcome addition to their collection.

Author : Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Anthony J. W. Hall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470960905

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Crop Adaptation to Climate Change by Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Anthony J. W. Hall Pdf

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections suggest that the world's temperatures will rise 1.8-4.0 by 2100 and population may reach 8 billion by the year 2025 and some 9 billion by mid-century, after which it may stabilize. This book addresses these critical issues by presenting the science needed not only to understand climate change effects on crops but also to adapt current agricultural systems, particularly in regard to genetics, to the changing conditions. Crop Adaptation to Climate Change covers a spectrum of issues related to both crops and climatic conditions. The first two sections provide a foundation on the factors involved in climate stress, assessing current climate change by region and covering crop physiological responses to these changes. The third and final section contains chapters focused on specific crops and the current research to improve their genetic adaptation to climate change. Written by an international team of authors, Crop Adaptation to Climate Change is a timely look at the potentially serious consequences of climate change for our global food supply, and is an essential resource for academics, researchers and professionals in the fields of crop science, agronomy, plant physiology and molecular biology; crop consultants and breeders; as well as climate and food scientists.

Author : Mukhtar Ahmed,Claudio O. Stockle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319320595

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Quantification of Climate Variability, Adaptation and Mitigation for Agricultural Sustainability by Mukhtar Ahmed,Claudio O. Stockle Pdf

This book is a comprehensive volume dealing with climate change impacts on agriculture, and which can help guide the redesign of agricultural management and cropping systems. It includes mitigation techniques such as use of bioenergy crops, fertilizer and manure management, conservation tillage, crop rotations, cover crops and cropping intensity, irrigation, erosion control, management of drained wetlands, lime amendments, residue management, biochar and biotechnology. It also includes Management of GHG emissions Crop models as decision support tools QTL analysis Crop water productivity Impacts of drought on cereal crops Silvopastoral systems Changing climate impact on wheat-based cropping systems of South Asia Phosphorous dynamics under changing climate Role of bioinformatics The focus of the book is climate change mitigation to enhance sustainability in agriculture. We present various kinds of mitigation options, ways to minimize GHG emissions and better use of the latest techniques in conservation and environmental-sustainability.

Author : V.V. Belavadi,N. Nataraja Karaba,N.R. Gangadharappa
Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789385926372

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Agriculture under Climate Change: Threats, Strategies and Policies by V.V. Belavadi,N. Nataraja Karaba,N.R. Gangadharappa Pdf

Agriculture continues to be an important sector fuelling economic growth. Rapidly changing climate is already affecting the production of food and feed, industrial crops, livestock, and seafood. In developing countries like India, agriculture and allied sectors contribute significantly to the gross domestic product. Therefore, evolving strategies to sustain a stable growth of the farming sector is essential for feeding a growing population and poverty alleviation in the face of global climate change. It is crucial to carry out a comprehensive analysis of different aspects of climate change to effectively combat its negative impacts on food production systems and landscapes and reap its potential benefits in agricultural production. Research findings and recommendations on topics as diverse as climate change impacts, genetic enhancement of crops, options for adaptation to climate change, opportunities and challenges for sustainable food production systems have been compiled in this volume. Capacity building for climate resilient agriculture and agriculture policy and planning is equally important to face future challenges. This book makes a compelling effort to address these major issues arising from climate change from an Indian perspective. The important and often conflicting issues in climate change impacts, adaptations and mitigations strategies are brought in to focus and a critical summary of the state-of-art in climate smart agriculture is presented for teachers, researchers and policy makers engaged with climate change and agriculture in the tropical arid and semi-arid regions of Asia and Africa.