Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Production Systems

by Otto C. Doering III (Editor), J.C. Randolph (Editor), Jane Southworth (Editor), Rebecca A. Pfeifer (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461509691
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

1. Assessing Global Climate Change’s Impact on Agriculture.- 2. Issues and Approaches to Climate Change.- 3. Overview of Crop Models for Assessment of Crop Production.- 4. Expert Panels’ Contributions to Climate Change Research.- 5. Climate Scenario Construction for Midwest Analysis.- 6. Validation of Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Models in DSSAT for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Midwest Crop Production.- 7. Crop Modeling Results under Climate Change for the Midwest USA.- 8. Farm-Level Economic Impacts of Climate Change.- 9. Climate Variability Impacts on Farm-Level Risk.- 10. An Integrated Climate Change Assessment from Argentina.- 11. Potential Global Change Impacts on Australia’s Wheat Cropping System.- 12. Indirect Impacts of Climate Change that Affect Agricultural Production: Soil Erosion.- 13. Conclusions.