Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations

The vulnerability of the agricultural sector to both climate change and variability is well established in the literature. The general consensus is that changes in temperature and precipitation will result in changes in land and water regimes that...

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Main Authors: Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, Rosenthal, Shane
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR
CO2
GCM
OIL
PET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17911216/climate-change-agriculture-review-impacts-adaptations
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topic ADEQUATE RESPONSE
ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
AEROSOLS
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AIR
AIR TEMPERATURE
ALLOCATION
ALTITUDE
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
AMBIENT TEMPERATURES
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON CONTENT
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS
BARLEY
BASES
BIOCLIMATIC PROFILES
BIOMASS
CAPITAL STOCKS
CARBON
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON CYCLE MODELING
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS
CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT
CARBON FERTILIZATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
CLIMATE EFFECTS
CLIMATE FORECASTS
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE MODEL
CLIMATE POLICY
CLIMATE REGIMES
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE SCENARIO
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATE VARIATIONS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CLIMATIC EVENTS
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CLIMATIC IMPACTS
CLIMATIC SCENARIOS
CLIMATIC STIMULI
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
CLIMATIC VARIATIONS
CLIMATIC ZONES
CO2
COMMODITY TRADE
CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DAMAGES
DECIDUOUS FORESTS
DESERTIFICATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIFFUSION
DISSEMINATION OF CLIMATE DATA
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
DUST
ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC WELFARE
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
EQUILIBRIUM
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXPLOITATION
EXTREME EVENTS
FARMS
FERTILIZERS
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FINANCIAL LOSSES
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOREST
FOREST AREA
FOREST COVER
FOREST DISTRIBUTION
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST TYPE
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FROST
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS FORCING
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWING SEASON TEMPERATURE
IMPACT ANALYSIS
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
INFORMATION ON CLIMATE
INSURANCE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
LAKES
LAND FOR AGRICULTURE
LAND RESOURCES
LAND USE
LEACHING
LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE
LOW RAINFALL
LOWER PRICES
LOWER RAINFALL
MEAN TEMPERATURE
METABOLISM
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
NITROGEN
NUTRIENTS
OIL
PERFECT INFORMATION
PESTICIDES
PET
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PLANT GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
PRICE CHANGES
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
RADIATION
RAINFALL
RAINFALL INTENSITY
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
RAINY DAYS
RAINY SEASONS
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
RICE PRODUCTION
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
SEASON
STORM DAMAGE
SUBTROPICAL DRY FOREST
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TEMPERATURE RISE
TEMPERATURES
TERMS OF TRADE
TIMBER
TREE SPECIES
TROPICAL REGIONS
TROPICAL ZONES
TROPICS
TYPHOONS
UNCERTAINTIES
VARIABILITY OF TEMPERATURE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE IMPACTS
WARMER CLIMATE
WIND
WIND EROSION
WINTER CLIMATE
WINTER CLIMATES
WINTER TEMPERATURE
WOODY BIOMASS
spellingShingle ADEQUATE RESPONSE
ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
AEROSOLS
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AIR
AIR TEMPERATURE
ALLOCATION
ALTITUDE
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
AMBIENT TEMPERATURES
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON CONTENT
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS
BARLEY
BASES
BIOCLIMATIC PROFILES
BIOMASS
CAPITAL STOCKS
CARBON
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON CYCLE MODELING
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS
CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT
CARBON FERTILIZATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
CLIMATE EFFECTS
CLIMATE FORECASTS
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE MODEL
CLIMATE POLICY
CLIMATE REGIMES
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE SCENARIO
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATE VARIATIONS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CLIMATIC EVENTS
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CLIMATIC IMPACTS
CLIMATIC SCENARIOS
CLIMATIC STIMULI
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
CLIMATIC VARIATIONS
CLIMATIC ZONES
CO2
COMMODITY TRADE
CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DAMAGES
DECIDUOUS FORESTS
DESERTIFICATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIFFUSION
DISSEMINATION OF CLIMATE DATA
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
DUST
ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC WELFARE
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
EQUILIBRIUM
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXPLOITATION
EXTREME EVENTS
FARMS
FERTILIZERS
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FINANCIAL LOSSES
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOREST
FOREST AREA
FOREST COVER
FOREST DISTRIBUTION
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST TYPE
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FROST
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS FORCING
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWING SEASON TEMPERATURE
IMPACT ANALYSIS
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
INFORMATION ON CLIMATE
INSURANCE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
LAKES
LAND FOR AGRICULTURE
LAND RESOURCES
LAND USE
LEACHING
LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE
LOW RAINFALL
LOWER PRICES
LOWER RAINFALL
MEAN TEMPERATURE
METABOLISM
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
NITROGEN
NUTRIENTS
OIL
PERFECT INFORMATION
PESTICIDES
PET
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PLANT GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
PRICE CHANGES
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
RADIATION
RAINFALL
RAINFALL INTENSITY
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
RAINY DAYS
RAINY SEASONS
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
RICE PRODUCTION
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
SEASON
STORM DAMAGE
SUBTROPICAL DRY FOREST
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SURFACE WATER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TEMPERATURE RISE
TEMPERATURES
TERMS OF TRADE
TIMBER
TREE SPECIES
TROPICAL REGIONS
TROPICAL ZONES
TROPICS
TYPHOONS
UNCERTAINTIES
VARIABILITY OF TEMPERATURE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE IMPACTS
WARMER CLIMATE
WIND
WIND EROSION
WINTER CLIMATE
WINTER CLIMATES
WINTER TEMPERATURE
WOODY BIOMASS
Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep
Rosenthal, Shane
Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations
relation Environment department papers;no. 91. Climate change series
description The vulnerability of the agricultural sector to both climate change and variability is well established in the literature. The general consensus is that changes in temperature and precipitation will result in changes in land and water regimes that will subsequently affect agricultural productivity. Research has also shown that specifically in tropical regions, with many of the poorest countries, impacts on agricultural productivity are expected to be particularly harmful. The vulnerability of these countries is also especially likely to be acute in light of technological, resource, and institutional constraints. Although estimates suggest that global food production is likely to be robust, experts predict tropical regions will see both a reduction in agricultural yields and a rise in poverty levels as livelihood opportunities for many engaged in the agricultural sector become increasingly susceptible to expected climate pressures
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep
Rosenthal, Shane
author_facet Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep
Rosenthal, Shane
author_sort Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep
title Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations
title_short Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations
title_full Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations
title_fullStr Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations
title_sort climate change and agriculture : a review of impacts and adaptations
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17911216/climate-change-agriculture-review-impacts-adaptations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16616
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spelling okr-10986-166162021-04-23T14:03:30Z Climate Change and Agriculture : A Review of Impacts and Adaptations Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep Rosenthal, Shane ADEQUATE RESPONSE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AEROSOLS AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR TEMPERATURE ALLOCATION ALTITUDE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON CONTENT ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BARLEY BASES BIOCLIMATIC PROFILES BIOMASS CAPITAL STOCKS CARBON CARBON CYCLE CARBON CYCLE MODELING CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT CARBON FERTILIZATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE FORECASTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE REGIMES CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATE VARIATION CLIMATE VARIATIONS CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATES CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC EVENTS CLIMATIC FACTORS CLIMATIC IMPACTS CLIMATIC SCENARIOS CLIMATIC STIMULI CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIATIONS CLIMATIC ZONES CO2 COMMODITY TRADE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES DECIDUOUS FORESTS DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFUSION DISSEMINATION OF CLIMATE DATA DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DUST ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC WELFARE EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EQUILIBRIUM EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPLOITATION EXTREME EVENTS FARMS FERTILIZERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL LOSSES FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST COVER FOREST DISTRIBUTION FOREST RESOURCES FOREST TYPE FORESTRY FORESTS FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS FORCING GREENHOUSE GASES GROWING SEASON TEMPERATURE IMPACT ANALYSIS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPERFECT INFORMATION IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAKES LAND FOR AGRICULTURE LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LEACHING LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE LOW RAINFALL LOWER PRICES LOWER RAINFALL MEAN TEMPERATURE METABOLISM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROGEN NUTRIENTS OIL PERFECT INFORMATION PESTICIDES PET PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANT GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION PRICE CHANGES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY RADIATION RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINFALL VARIABILITY RAINY DAYS RAINY SEASONS REGIONAL TEMPERATURE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RICE PRODUCTION SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASON STORM DAMAGE SUBTROPICAL DRY FOREST SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES SURFACE TEMPERATURES SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE INCREASE TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE RISE TEMPERATURES TERMS OF TRADE TIMBER TREE SPECIES TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICAL ZONES TROPICS TYPHOONS UNCERTAINTIES VARIABILITY OF TEMPERATURE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE IMPACTS WARMER CLIMATE WIND WIND EROSION WINTER CLIMATE WINTER CLIMATES WINTER TEMPERATURE WOODY BIOMASS The vulnerability of the agricultural sector to both climate change and variability is well established in the literature. The general consensus is that changes in temperature and precipitation will result in changes in land and water regimes that will subsequently affect agricultural productivity. Research has also shown that specifically in tropical regions, with many of the poorest countries, impacts on agricultural productivity are expected to be particularly harmful. The vulnerability of these countries is also especially likely to be acute in light of technological, resource, and institutional constraints. Although estimates suggest that global food production is likely to be robust, experts predict tropical regions will see both a reduction in agricultural yields and a rise in poverty levels as livelihood opportunities for many engaged in the agricultural sector become increasingly susceptible to expected climate pressures 2014-01-27T20:11:20Z 2014-01-27T20:11:20Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17911216/climate-change-agriculture-review-impacts-adaptations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16616 English en_US Environment department papers;no. 91. Climate change series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research