Agricultural Development under a Changing Climate : Opportunities and Challenges for Adaptation

Climate change presents a profound challenge to food security and development. Negative impacts from climate change are likely to be greatest in regions that are currently food insecure and may even be significant in those regions that have made large gains in reducing food insecurity over the past half-century. Adaptation in the agricultural sector is being given a high priority within this effort because of the inherent sensitivity of food production to climate and the strong inter-linkages that exist between climate, agriculture, and economic growth and development. The purpose of this report is to review the major effects of climate change on the agricultural sector; to examine the causes of vulnerability; and to suggest a range of potential options and investment opportunities for supporting adaptation efforts and, more generally, for building adaptive capacity. This report primarily focuses on appropriate strategies for adapting to climate change impacts that are projected to occur over the next one to two decades, although several issues covered in this report are important for long-term adaptation needs as well. This report also describes opportunities for linking adaptation and mitigation, and it discusses the importance of mainstreaming adaptation into development.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Padgham, Jon
Format:	Technical Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-08
Subjects:	ABOVEGROUND CARBON, ABOVEGROUND CARBON STORAGE, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PESTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURE, AIR, AIR TEMPERATURES, ALTITUDE, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, AQUIFERS, ARID CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERE, BARLEY, BEAN, BIOMASS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CEREAL YIELDS, CERTIFIED EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, CH4, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT, CLIMATE DATA, CLIMATE FORECAST, CLIMATE FORECAST INFORMATION, CLIMATE FORECASTING, CLIMATE FORECASTS, CLIMATE IMPACT, CLIMATE IMPACT MODELS, CLIMATE INFORMATION, CLIMATE MODEL, CLIMATE MODELERS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE RISK, CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE SENSITIVE, CLIMATE SIMULATION, CLIMATE SYSTEM, CLIMATE TRENDS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE-PROOF, CLIMATES, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CO, CO2, COLORS, CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION, COWPEA, CROP, CROP TYPE, CROP YIELD, CROPPING SYSTEMS, CROPS, CULTIVATED LAND, DECISION MAKING, DEFORESTATION, DESERTIFICATION, DIVIDENDS, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECOSYSTEM, EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SPECIES, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS SCENARIOS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTS, EVAPORATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS, EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME PRECIPITATION, EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS, EXTREME RAINFALL, EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS, FERTILIZATION, FLOODS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SAFETY, FOREST, FOREST DIEBACK, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FROST, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, GASES, GCM, GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL, GENETIC DIVERSITY, GLACIAL MELTWATER, GLACIER MELT, GLACIER RETREAT, GLACIERS, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HEAT PRODUCTION, HIGH TEMPERATURES, HYDROLOGIC CYCLE, HYDROLOGY, ICE, ICE SHEETS, IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH, IPCC, IRRIGATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND USE, LIVESTOCK, LOGGING, LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE, MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, MEAN TEMPERATURE, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES, METHANE, MINIMUM TEMPERATURES, MONSOONS, N2O, NATURAL RESOURCE BASE, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, NITROGEN, NITROUS OXIDE, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PESTS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PLANT BREEDING, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION GROWTH, POTATO, PRECIPITATION, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION, RAINFALL EVENTS, RAINFALL INTENSITY, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RAINFALL VARIABILITY, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAINY DAYS, RAINY SEASON, RANGELANDS, REDUCING EMISSIONS, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL, REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, REGIONAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE OWNERSHIP, RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, RICE, RICE PRODUCTION, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA-LEVEL, SEA-LEVEL RISE, SEASON, SEASONAL CLIMATE, SEASONAL RAINFALL, SOIL CARBON, SOLAR RADIATION, STORM SURGES, STORMS, STREAMS, SUMMER RAIN, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SURFACE TEMPERATURES, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE RANGE, TEMPERATURE RISE, TREES, TROPICAL REGIONS, TROPICS, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WARMER TEMPERATURES, WEATHER CONDITIONS, WEATHER PATTERNS, WMO,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/293891468154156734/Agricultural-development-under-a-changing-climate-opportunities-and-challenges-for-adaptation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28125
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