Reducing the Vulnerability of Albania's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options

Changes in climate and their impact on agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident throughout Europe and Central Asia (ECA). Adaptation measures now in use in Albania, largely piecemeal efforts, will be insufficient to prevent impacts on agricultural production over the coming decad...

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Main Authors:	Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Neumann, James E., Strzępek, Kenneth M., Droogers, Peter
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	Agribusiness agricultural crop agricultural economy agricultural experts agricultural extension agricultural extension service Agricultural Information agricultural land Agricultural markets agricultural policies Agricultural Policy Agricultural Production agricultural productivity Agricultural Products agricultural research agricultural research institutes Agricultural Systems Agriculture Agriculture Organization agronomic practices agronomists annual precipitation assessment of climate risks Average yield beef beef cattle biodiversity Capacity Building carbon carbon dioxide carbon dioxide concentrations cereals Climate climate adaptation Climate Change climate change adaptation Climate Change Analysis Climate Change IMPACT Climate Change IMPACT ASSESSMENT Climate Change Impacts climate change scenarios climate changes climate conditions climate data climate forecasts climate hazard Climate Hazards Climate Impact Climate Impacts climate model Climate Modeling Climate Resilience Climate Scenarios climate science climate stresses climate variability climate variables Climatic changes co CO2 colors Convention on Climate Change Cost Analysis Cost-Benefit Crop crop areas crop production crop varieties Crop Yield Crop Yields cropping Crops Dairy cows deforestation diseases drip irrigation drought Ecological Zones economics of adaptation to climate change Effect of Climate Change effect of temperature electricity emission scenario emissions scenario Emissions Scenarios evaporation evapotranspiration extension agency extension agents extreme events extreme heat extreme heat events extreme precipitation extreme temperature extreme weather extreme weather events FAO Farmers farming farmland farms Fertilization financial constraints floods food security forage crops Ford Foundation forestry Forests fresh fruit fruits future climate change future climate changes future climate scenarios GCM general circulation model GHG GIS Goats grain Green Revolution Greenhouse Greenhouse Gas greenhouse gas emission greenhouse gas emission reductions greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse Gas Mitigation greenhouse gases Hail heavy rains high yields high-yield crop varieties ICARDA IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT Impact of Climate Impact of Climate Change Impacts of Climate Change implications of climate change increase in temperature infrastructure investments Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas IPCC Irrigation irrigation systems land use Livestock livestock products Maize meteorological data meteorological information meteorology Moisture Index natural resources overgrazing pests plant breeding plant growth poverty reduction power supply Precipitation quantitative analysis rainfall rainfall events resilience to climate change Risk management risks of climate change Rockefeller Foundation roots Rural Development rural economies rural population scientific research Scientist sea level rise season seed varieties seeds sheep soil conservation soil degradation soil erosion soil moisture soil type soils storm surge summer temperature Sustainable Development Technology Transfer Temperature temperature changes temperature increase temperature increases temperature stress temperatures trees UNDP United Nations United Nations Development Programme vegetable crop vegetable production vegetables Vulnerability to Climate Change water quality water resources Water Use Efficiency watershed watershed management Wheat wheat yields winter temperatures winter wheat world food supply yield losses
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Reducing the Vulnerability of Albania's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options

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