Climate change : impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation / Gerlad C. Nelson, Mark W. Rosegrant, Jawoo Koo, Richard Robertson, Timothy Sulser, Tingju Zhu, Claudia Ringler, Siwa Msangi, Amanda Palazoo, MIroslav Batka, Marilia Magalhaes, Rowena Valmonte-Santos, Mandy Ewing, and David Lee.

By:

Nelson, Gerland C

Material type: Text

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Pamphlet GE149. N457 2009

Online resources:

https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_ge149_n457_2009

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgement—Executive summary—Climate-change scenarios—Impacts of climate change—Costs of adaptation—Conclusion—Notes—References.

Summary: Summary: “The unimpeded growth of greenhouse gas emissions is raising the earth’s temperature. The consequences include melting glaciers, more precipitation, more and more extreme weather events, and shifting seasons. The accelerating pace of climate change, combined with global population and income growth, threatens food security everywhere. Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops while encouraging weed and pest proliferation. Changes in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines. Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture…”—(page summary).

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Environment	Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University	Pamphlet GE149.N457 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3ACKU000544477

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“Updated October 2009”.
“International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty supported by the CGAR”—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Acknowledgement—Executive summary—Climate-change scenarios—Impacts of climate change—Costs of adaptation—Conclusion—Notes—References.

Summary: “The unimpeded growth of greenhouse gas emissions is raising the earth’s temperature. The consequences include melting glaciers, more precipitation, more and more extreme weather events, and shifting seasons. The accelerating pace of climate change, combined with global population and income growth, threatens food security everywhere. Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops while encouraging weed and pest proliferation. Changes in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines. Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture…”—(page summary).

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