Impacts of Climate Change on Brazilian Agriculture

This report evaluates the requirements for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture to guide policy makers on investment priorities and phasing. Because agriculture is vital for national food security and is a strong contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and change. To meet national development, food security, climate adaptation and mitigation, and trade goals over the next several decades, Brazil will need to significantly increase per area productivity of food and pasture systems while simultaneously reducing deforestation, rehabilitating millions of hectares of degraded land, and adapting to climate change. There is inadequate data to accurately model projected climate challenges facing Brazil. The report concludes that key integrated and linked interventions are needed in the short term to significantly improve currently available assessments of climate change impact on Brazilian agriculture and to guide policy makers with the priorities and phasing of needed investments.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Assad, Eduardo, Pinto, Hilton S., Nassar, Andre, Harfuch, Leila, Freitas, Saulo, Farinelli, Barbara, Lundell, Mark, Fernandes, Erick C.M.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACIDIFICATION, ADVERSE IMPACTS, ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AEROSOL EFFECTS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL LAND USE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, AIR, AIR TEMPERATURES, ALBEDO, AMAZON FOREST, AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, ATLANTIC FOREST, ATMOSPHERE, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOENERGY, BIOMASS, BIOSPHERE, BOUNDARY LAYER, CALCULATION, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CLASSIFICATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE ANALYSIS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE CONDITIONS, CLIMATE DATA, CLIMATE FACTORS, CLIMATE FORCING, CLIMATE IMPACT, CLIMATE IMPACTS, CLIMATE INFORMATION, CLIMATE MODEL, CLIMATE MODELERS, CLIMATE MODELING, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE RISK, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE SIMULATION, CLIMATE SIMULATIONS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CLIMATIC RISK, CLIMATIC RISKS, CLIMATOLOGY, CLOUDS, CO2, COAST, COLD TEMPERATURES, COLORS, COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION AREAS, CORAL REEFS, CROP PRODUCTION, CROPLAND, CROPS, DATA SETS, DEFORESTATION, DEGRADED LAND, DESERTIFICATION, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEMS, EMISSION, EMISSION SCENARIO, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS SCENARIOS, ETHANOL, EVAPORATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXCESSIVE RAIN, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME TEMPERATURE, EXTREME TEMPERATURES, FARMS, FERTILIZATION, FIELD OBSERVATIONS, FLOODS, FOREST, FOREST EXTRACTION, FOREST LAW, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST REMOVAL, FORESTRY, FORESTRY OPERATIONS, FORESTS, FRESHWATER, FROST, FRUITS, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS, GCM, GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL, GHG, GLACIERS, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL WARMING, GRASSLANDS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HIGH TEMPERATURES, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROLOGICAL FLOWS, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS ON TEMPERATURE, INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, IPCC, LAND AREA, LAND COVER, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE, LOCAL CLIMATE, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, MINIMUM TEMPERATURES, MITIGATION, NATIONAL CLIMATE, NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, NATIONAL PARKS, NATIONAL SCALE, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, OCEANS, OIL PALM, PASTURES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PLANT GROWTH, PRECIPITATION, PRESERVATION, QUALITY OF WATER, RADIATION, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFALL CONDITIONS, RAINFALL EVENTS, RANGES, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL, REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, REGIONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOS, REGIONAL CLIMATES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, RIPARIAN ZONES, RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, RUNOFF, SCIENTIST, SCIENTISTS, SEASON, SOIL CARBON, SOILS, SPECIES, SPECIES DIVERSITY, SUGAR CANE, SUGAR INDUSTRY, SURFACE VARIABLES, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE EFFECTS, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, TEMPERATURE RISE, TEMPERATURE VARIATION, TOPOGRAPHY, TREE SPECIES, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICS, VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL, VEGETATION, VEGETATIVE GROWTH, WATER QUALITY, WATER RETENTION, WETLAND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/19625576/brazil-impacts-climate-change-brazilian-agriculture https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18740
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