climate change and crop production challenges to modeling future scenarios

... employed to understand a more climatically uncertain future In summary, this is one of the best collections of papers that I have read on the subject of climate change and crop production and contains ... cereals to produce, for example, Golden Promise, which was a top malting barley in Scotland in the 1970s and 1980s, to the recent use of TILLING populations to identify 196 new alleles in the A and ... contains much to challenge the reader Its implicit message to simultaneously research crop improvement through breeding, and crop husbandry through improved pest, disease, tillage, fertiliser and water...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2016, 00:11

... Change Challenges 54 Overview, 54 Climate Change, Extreme Events, and Human Health, 57 Andy Haines, M.B.B.S., M.D Climate Change and Human Health, 74 Paul R Epstein, M.D., M.P.H Climate Change Futures: ... 43), “A Brief History of Climate Change, ” and in Chapter  Climate change in IPCC usage, and in this document as well, refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability ... contribute to and increase the risk for a wide range of vector- and non-vector-borne diseases in humans, plants, and animals (IPCC, 2007b) The projected health consequences of future climate change and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2016, 23:59

... Percentage of today’s poor  change Increase due to climate change Estimated poor exposed (million)  High climate Percentage of today’s poor  change Increase due to climate change Historical  ... Low climate Percentage of today’s population  change Increase due to climate change Estimated population exposed (m)  Medium  Percentage of today’s population  climate change Increase due to climate change ... areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to many natural hazards, including river and coastal flooding These hazards are expected to worsen due to climate change, and the impacts of any change...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2016, 10:24

... on agriculture to cope with climate change will have to change the cropping calendar , cropping pattern, cropping rotation for every agro-ecological regions To select adaptation crop, varieties ... season should be investigated in future IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY ON AGRICULTURE In order to study impacts of climate change and variability or extreme climate event (Elnino, Lanina) ... Figure climate change, desertification and loss of biological diersity are intimately conected to one another- they overlap and affect, and are affectedby, eachother Studies of climate change and...

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2012, 15:10

... duration crops and switching to crops that are more tolerant to heat, salinity and drought (Thomas, 2008) This means that diversification production model and changing cropping patterns can serve to ... Pest and diseases, crop productivity, quality of crops product were indicators for crop production Feed resource, grain-feed price, livestock and fish health, livestock and fish productivity and ... summer crop to support livestock production In short, crop structure in spring season was richer and the area of each crop were larger compared to that of summer crop 28 4.4.2 Livestock production...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2013, 18:49

... 2007] Typhoon trajectory moves southward and typhoon season shifts to later months of the year; Climate Change in Vietnam • High floods occur more frequently in the Central and Southern Vietnam ... season and droughts in dry season • Increase in frequency and intensity of typhoons, storms would cause high floods & inundation, flash floods, landslide and erosion • Increasing water shortage and ... populations [Source: Nicholls et al., 2007] Impacts of Climate Change Water Respurses Public Health Environ ment Agriculture Climate Change Tourism Energy Forestry Impact on Agriculture Yield of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 21:15

... On the other hand, the Cairo area, with the pyramids of Giza and tours on the Nile and to the pharaohs' tombs in the Valley of the Kings, is less susceptible to climate change Tourism in the ... consequences of gradual climate change More frequent storms and floods, for example, affect Obviously, not all past and future weather extremes can be treated to climate change It is rather a question ... sector decisively in the future From a global view, tourism will definitely continue to be a growth sector, due to the pent-up demand already mentioned, rising global incomes and the trend towards...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 12:20

... plants and soil, as opposed to 29 and 90 for tropical grassland and and 122 for cropland 91 Livestock’s long shadow Livestock-related releases from cultivated soils may total 28 million tonnes ... fertilizers and from animal manure; • land-use changes for feed production and for grazing; • land degradation; • fossil fuel use during feed and animal production; and • fossil fuel use in production and ... million tonnes N excreted by livestock we deduce that 33 million tonnes were applied to intensively used grassland, upland crops and wetland rice (FAO/IFA, 2001) and there were 10 million tonnes...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop 30 FRONTIERS IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLAR ECOSYSTEMS the ability to predict polar ecosystems responses to climate, ... Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop 22 FRONTIERS IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLAR ECOSYSTEMS to smaller algal species sizes has already occurred due to ... vulnerable to the speed and magnitude of climate change and have significant potential to influence the global climate system (Oreskes, 2004; IPCC, 2007a; Anderegg et al., 2010) Climate models and observational...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 19:20

... system to adapt – that is, to adjust to climate change, including to climate variability and extremes; to prevent or moderate potential damages; to take advantage of opportunities; or to cope ... words and definitions Washington, DC, World Bank, 2010 (http://climatechange.worldbank.org/climatechange/content/ adaptation-guidance-notes-key-words -and- definitions) 36 Gender, Climate Change and ... equity and climate goals is therefore a commitment to intersectoral action to achieve “health equity and climate change in all policies” (Walpole et al., 2009) Specific policies need to be carefully...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... Will It Affect You and What Can You Do? Canadians have every reason to be concerned about climate change and air pollution, and we all need to be part of the solution Tough and real action on ... coming into force between 2012 and 2015 This will give businesses time to make the investments they need to respect their reduction targets Other Things We Are Doing to Fight Climate Change and Air ... cause climate change Our approach is concrete, practical, and will mean real improvements to our climate and environment For the first time in this country, doing something about climate change...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... Introduction Water Availability and Demand in South Asia Climate Change and Water Resources Climate Change and Future Water Challenges 8 HYDROLOGIC MODELING APPROACHES FOR CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ... Canadian Climate Impacts Scenarios Project; CCME Climate Change Indicators Project; Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada; Climate Change- Human and Animal Diseases; Climate Change and Water ... Lakes and Climate Change and the Canadian Energy Sector One of the mandates of the AIRG is to contribute to international research projects and initiatives in the field of climate change and VIA...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... transport and morphological changes; estimating ground water and changes in ground water volume; forecasting flood volume, depth and duration; assessing changes in land-use; and assessing impacts of changes ... Assessment: Modeling the Sacramento Basin Water Resources Research 23(6) (1987), pp.1049-1061 Gosain, A K and Rao, S.: Impacts of Climate Change on Water Sector In: Climate Change and India: Vulnerability ... mean annual and mean peak river discharges in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) basins (Fig 2.4) in Bangladesh to future climate changes; and (2) estimating the consequent changes in flood...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change No Change Change (-) No Change No Change No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change ... Ratio Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change No Change Change (+) No Change Kruskal-Wallis Mann-Whitney Change (-) Change (+) Change (+) No Change ... India Bangladesh Cumulative U Deviation Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change Change (-) Note: The shaded rows denote...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... B., Burton, I., Klein, R J T and Wandel, J.: “An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability” Climatic Change 45 (2000), pp.223-251 Smithers, J and Smit, B.: “Human Adaptation to Climatic ... ‘Not-Implausible’ Futures to Assess Relative Vulnerability to Climate Change and Climate Variability” Global Environmental Change (1999), pp.233-249 Yohe, G and Schlesinger, M.: “Sea Level Change: The ... Dhaka, 1992 Hewitt, J and Burton, I.: The Hazardousness of a Place: A Regional Ecology of Damaging Events, University of Toronto, Toronto, 1971, 312 pages Kane, S J., Reilly, J and Tobey, J.: “An Empirical...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... perhaps due to increased peak discharges and local rainfall being unable to inundate new areas, due to land elevation For F1, F2 and F3, the changes are -2% and -2%, +31% and +34%, and +34% and +36%, ... temperature changes of 2oC, 4oC and 6oC giving a total of 12 scenarios (4 GCMs x DTs) for each river basin and the Bangladesh window 5.3.3 APPLICATION OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS TO THE EMPIRICAL ... rice crop usually planted in January-February and harvested in April-May) crop Changes in the F0 and F1 land categories may affect the HYVs of rice cultivation Under the climate change scenarios, ...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... flow of water from one lake to another lake due to height difference and availability of flow path, and Others local specificities It is quite clear that a climate change and variability is one of ... ICIMOD and UNEP came up with inventory of glaciers and glacier lakes covering the entire part of Nepal and Bhutan from the study of topographic maps, aerial photos, satellite imagery and literature ... Glacier Lake in the future is considered high and it could occur in 15 years-20 years considering the present trend of climate change 6.5 GLACIER RETREAT, GLOF EVENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Studies about...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... (Germany) and UKMO (England) global climate models] have the ability to simulate the monsoon process realistically enough in order to be able to project the plausible regional climate change and its ... in addressing changes in both demands and supplies caused by climate changes and variability Options to be considered include wastewater reclamation and reuse, rainwater harvesting and even limited ... Panel for Climate Change) : Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change In...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... causing earth to parch, wells to dry, underground water level to fall, crops to wither leading to crop failure and scarcity in fodder for livestock Because of meager supply of water, food and fodder ... Alternative crops, livelihoods attention to water management and access to local coping and adaptation Establish, manage and execute a coordinated research agenda on climate change impacts and develop and ... pp.117-134 Huq, S., Ahmed, A U and Koudstaal, R.: Vulnerability of Bangladesh to Climate Change and Sea- Level Rise In T E Downing (ed.), Climate Change and World Food Security, NATO ASI Series I37, Springer...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... 1993 Burton, I., Smith, J B and Lenhart, S.: Adaptation to Climate Change: Theory and Assessment In J F Feenstra, I Burton, J B Smith and R S J Tol (eds.), Handbook on Methods for Climate Change ... Conservation Programme (SPPWCP) in Gujarat and Neeru Meeru (Water and You) in AP 11.8 FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, RISKS AND ADAPTATION 11.8.1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISKS Discussions in the preceding section ... implementation and monitoring is a formidable task High resolution climate change scenarios at local levels are not readily available There is a great need to invest in climate change and socio-economic...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20