The Effect of Climate and Technological Uncertainty in Crop Yields on the Optimal Path of global land use

The pattern of global land use has important implications for the world's food and timber supplies, bioenergy, biodiversity and other eco-system services. However, the productivity of this resource is critically dependent on the world's c...

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Main Authors:	Cai, Yongyang, Steinbuks, Jevgenijs, Elliott, Joshua, Hertel, Thomas W.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABATEMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND AMMONIA ATMOSPHERE BARREN LANDS BASELINE LEVELS BEQUEST VALUE BIODIVERSITY BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SEQUESTRATION CREDITS CARBON SYSTEM CARBON TAXES CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COMMERCIAL FORESTRY CONSUMER DEMAND CONVERGENCE CROP LANDS DEBT DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATES DEGRADATION DEGRADED LANDS DEGREE DAYS DEMAND FOR CROPLAND DEMAND FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DEMAND FOR ENERGY DEMAND FOR ENERGY SERVICES DEMAND FOR LAND DEMAND FOR TIMBER ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ECOLOGY ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELFARE ECONOMICS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM SERVICE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMISSION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CONTROL EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS PREDICTION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EQUILIBRIUM EROSION ETHANOL EXPENDITURES FERTILIZATION FERTILIZERS FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CARBON FOREST CARBON SEQUESTRATION FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST HARVESTING FOREST LAND FOREST LANDS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST STRUCTURE FOREST TREE FORESTRY FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL SUPPLY FUELS GAS PRICES GAS RESERVES GCM GHG GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ECOLOGY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE GLOBAL LAND USE GLOBAL LAND-USE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES INCOME INTERMEDIATE INPUTS IPCC IRREVERSIBILITY LAND ACCESS LAND ALLOCATION LAND ALLOCATION DECISIONS LAND AREA LAND AREAS LAND CONVERSION LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPANSION LAND PROTECTION LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND USE DATA LAND USE DECISIONS LAND USE MODEL LAND USES LAND-USE LIQUID FUELS LOGGING LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY MANAGED FORESTS MARKET PRICES NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES NH3 NITROGEN NITROGEN FERTILIZERS NUTRIENTS OIL OIL EQUIVALENT OPTION VALUE OZONE PASTURES PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PLANT GROWTH PLANTING POPULATION GROWTH POTASH PP PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOOD RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TEMPERATURE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM TIMBER TIMBER PROCESSING TIMBER PRODUCTION TIMBER PRODUCTS TREE SPECIES TREES TROPICAL RAINFOREST UNMANAGED FORESTS WOOD WOOD PROCESSING WORLD ENERGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20128369/effect-climate-technological-uncertainty-crop-yields-optimal-path-global-land-use http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20358