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AgMIP PNAS PAPER – ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE
Dec 16, 2013.
Extent of food price increases depends on ease of expanding agricultural area, how food demand evolves, and openness of international trade. Meeting the world’s growing demand for food in coming decades is likely to become more difficult as already stressed agricultural systems…
CLIMATE, AGRICULTURE, AND HYDROLOGY MODELS COMBINE IN NEW PNAS PAPER
Dec 16, 2013.
A warmer world is expected to have severe consequences for global agriculture and food supply, reducing yields of major crops even as population and demand increases. Now, a new analysis combining climate, agricultural, and hydrological models finds that shortages of freshwater used for…
AgMIP GLOBAL GRIDDED CROP MODEL PAPER PUBLISHED IN PNAS
Dec 16, 2013.
Agriculture is arguably the sector most affected by climate change, but assessments differ and thus are difficult to compare. As the world’s population grows, understanding which crop types and regions will be negatively affected by climate change may make the difference between adequate food supply and food insecurity. By comparing the predictions of…
CLIMATE CHANGE HIGHLIGHTS FROM AGMIP SSA COORDINATION
Oct 29, 2013.
The inclusion of pest and diseases in modeling is getting into AgMIP’s mainstream research. Many crop modeling initiatives do not normally account for effects of pest and diseases leave alone focus on this in the context of climate change. The existing though scanty information indicates that as global warming...
TIMOTHY CARTER HIGHLIGHTS AGMIP WHEAT TEAM STUDY IN NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
Oct 1, 2013.
Timothy Carter, in his contribution to the September issue of Nature Climate Change, explores the potential of multiple model intercomparisons leading to more reliable projections…
NATURE OUTLOOK ARTICLE ON AGRICULTURAL MODELING FEATURES AgMIP RESEARCHERS
Oct 1, 2013.
“Farmers would benefit from better long-range weather forecasts. What else can science provide to help them decide what to plant?” asks Neil Savage in the recently released article in Nature Outlook, “Modeling: Predictive yield”. The article…
SUGARCANE IMPACTS STUDY WINS BEST AGRICULTURAL PAPER AWARD AT ISSCT 28TH CONGRESS IN BRAZIL
Jul 9, 2013.
A paper entitled “Predicting climate change impacts on sugarcane production at sites in Australia, Brazil and South Africa using the Canegro model” (by Singels, Jones, Marin , Ruane and Thorburn) won the…
PREDICTING AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS OF LARGE-SCALE DROUGHT
Feb 21, 2013.
Release of working paper:Predicting agricultural impacts of large-scale drought: 2012 and the case for better modeling
The 2012 growing season saw one of the worst droughts in a generation in much of the United States and cast a harsh light on the need for better analytic tools and a comprehensive…