Climate change and developing country agriculture : an overview of expected impacts, adaptation and mitigation challenges, and funding requirements / by Jodie Keane, Sheila Page, Alpha Kergna, Jane Kennan.
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TextLanguage: English Series: (Issue brief No. 2)Publication details: Washington, DC : International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 2009.Description: x, 49 pages ; 30 cmISBN: - 20755856
- Pamphlet QC903. K436 2009
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | Pamphlet QC903.K436 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000547264 |
Cover title.
“December 2009”.
“International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy”—cover page.
“International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)”—cover page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Abbreviations—Foreword—Executive summary—Introduction—1. Scoping and diagnostics—2. What are the adaptation and mitigation options?—3. What are the available resources to assist adaptation and mitigation related to the agricultural sector?—4. Linking aid for trade to climate change and agriculture—5. Concluding remarks—Reference list—Notes—Annexes.
Summary: “Climate change will have a major impact on agricultural production, comparative advantages, and trade flows. A greater divergence between regions in terms of agricultural output is likely. For the most part, countries in the tropics and subtropical zones, mostly developing economies, are expected to lose in terms of agricultural production whereas countries in temperate zones, mostly developed economies, are expected to gain. Many of these developing countries are highly dependent on the production and exports of agricultural goods, climate change will therefore cause considerable…”—(page summary).
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