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 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

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, Rosenthal, Shane
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-06
Subjects:	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,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17911216/climate-change-agriculture-review-impacts-adaptations https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16616
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