Climate Change and Asian Agriculture

Mark W Rosegrant (), Gary Yohe (), Mandy Ewing (), Rowena Valmonte-Santos (), Tingju Zhu (), Ian Burton () and Saleemul Huq ()
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Mark W Rosegrant: International Food Policy Research Institute
Mandy Ewing: International Food Policy Research Institute
Rowena Valmonte-Santos: International Food Policy Research Institute
Ian Burton: Environment Canada, Canada
Saleemul Huq: International Institute for Environment and Development

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2010, vol. 7, issue 1, 41-81

Abstract: Asian and global agriculture will be under significant pressure to meet the demands of rising populations, using finite and often degraded soil and water resources that are predicted to be further stressed by the impacts of climate change. In addition, agriculture and land use change are prominent sources of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fertilizer application, livestock rearing, and land management affect levels of GHG in the atmosphere and the amount of carbon storage and sequestration potential. Therefore, while some impending climatic changes will have negative effects on agricultural production in parts of Asia, and especially on resource-poor farmers, the sector also presents opportunities for emission reductions. Warming across the Asian continent will be unevenly distributed, but will certainly lead to crop yield losses in much of the region and subsequent impacts on prices, trade, and food security—disproportionately affecting poor people. Most projections indicate that agriculture in South, Central, and West Asia will be hardest hit.

Date: 2010
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