Climate Change: Seed Production and Options for Adaptation

John G. Hampton, Anthony J. Conner, Birte Boelt, Thomas G. Chastain and Phil Rolston
Additional contact information
John G. Hampton: Seed Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
Anthony J. Conner: AgResearch Ltd., Private Bag 4749, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Birte Boelt: Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
Thomas G. Chastain: Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3002, USA
Phil Rolston: Seed Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand

Agriculture, 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: Food security depends on seed security and the international seed industry must be able to continue to deliver the quantities of quality seed required for this purpose. Abiotic stress resulting from climate change, particularly elevated temperature and water stress, will reduce seed yield and quality. Options for the seed industry to adapt to climate change include moving sites for seed production, changing sowing date, and the development of cultivars with traits which allow them to adapt to climate change conditions. However, the ability of seed growers to make these changes is directly linked to the seed system. In the formal seed system operating in developed countries, implementation will be reasonably straight forward. In the informal system operating in developing countries, the current seed production challenges including supply failing to meet demand and poor seed quality will increase with changing climates.

Keywords: abiotic stress; adaptation; agriculture; climate change; seed production; seed quality; seed systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/6/3/33/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/6/3/33/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jagris:v:6:y:2016:i:3:p:33-:d:74761

Access Statistics for this article

Agriculture is currently edited by Ms. Leda Xuan

More articles in Agriculture from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().