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 decades. There is growing interest at the country and development partner levels to have a better understanding of the exposure, sensitivities, and impacts of climate change at farm level, and to develop and prioritize adaptation measures to mitigate the adverse consequences. Specifically, this report provides a menu of climate change adaptation options for the agriculture and water resources sectors, along with specific adaptation actions, that are tailored to four distinct agro-ecological zones (AEZs) within Albania. This menu reflects the results of three inter-related activities, conducted jointly by the team and local partners: (1) quantitative economic modeling of baseline conditions and the effects of climate change and an array of adaptation options; (2) qualitative analysis conducted by the team of agronomists, crop modelers, and water resources experts; and (3) input from a series of participatory workshops for national decision makers and farmers in each of the AEZs. This report provides a summary of the methods, data, results, and adaptation options for each of these activities.

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Main Authors:	Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Neumann, James E., Strzępek, Kenneth M., Droogers, Peter
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013-10-03
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,
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16198
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