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Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate: Economic and Environmental Implications Vary by U.S. Region

Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate: Economic and Environmental Implications Vary by U.S. Region

Marshall, Elizabeth
Economic Research Service (Ers), United
Malcolm, Scott

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1249330467
ISBN13: 9781249330462
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Sep 11 2012
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.18 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Global climate models 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 importantly 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. Adaptive redistribution of production, however, may have significant implications for both regional land use and environmental quality.

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