by admin | Jun 1, 2016 | June 2016
By: James Oliver Shrouded within the discussion on climate change are the comparably impactful, shorter time-scale extreme events that can “shock” a part of the world in a matter of months or even weeks. While the gradual transformation of climate can have a major...
by admin | May 17, 2016 | May 2016
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System” report, co-authored by AgMIP principal investigator, John Antle, has officially been downloaded over a half-million times! Since its release it has...
by admin | May 9, 2016 | May 2016
Adaptation Futures is the biennial conference of the Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA). It is being held this week in Rotterdam, The Netherlands May 10-13. Several events have been organized of interest to...
by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | April 2016
By Dakshina Murthy On 21st April 2016, the first Representative Agricultural Pathways (RAPs) workshop for the state of Andhra Pradesh (AP), India was held at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in Andhra Pradesh, India, and...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | April 2016
Photo: Farm in Kenya, Alex Ruane By Marc Corbeels, Ken Boote and Carolyn Mutter Smallholders systems are often characterized by low soil fertility due to limited use of fertilizer inputs and ongoing soil degradation. This affects how crop respond to climate change....
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | April 2016
Photo: IFPRI Pictured (L-R): Keith Wiebe (IFPRI), John Antle (Oregon State University), Cynthia E. Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), and Mark Rosegrant (IFPRI) By James Oliver and Greg Reppucci The International Food Policy Research Institute...
by admin | Apr 12, 2016 | April 2016
Photo: iCROPM2016 participants from 47 countries photo:V. Schrader ©ZALF Submitted by K. J. Boote and Peter Thorburn Co-Leads AgMIP Crop Modeling More than 300 scientists from 47 nations met in Berlin, Germany, during March 15-17, 2016 to exchange ideas on improvement...
by admin | Mar 18, 2016 | March 2016
Photo: Joshua Elliott speaking as part of food shock panel Photo credit: Sian Williams By James Oliver Some of the more notable and adverse effects of climate change are weather extremes. These events occur on a much shorter time-scale than climatic shifts, but can be...
by admin | Mar 17, 2016 | Food Security, March 2016
Photo credit: Roberto Tanella and Fountainink.in: Special arrangement. By Shari Lifson On January 20th, the American Meteorological Society hosted a Congressional briefing on Climate Change and Food Security as part of their ongoing Capitol Hill Briefing Series. In...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | March 2016
The AGU publication Eos, a source for perspectives about the Earth and space sciences and their impact, has just published a meeting report about the AgMIP Workshop on Coordinated Global and Regional Integrated Assessments (CGRA) of Climate Change and Food Security...
