The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture: Introduction to the IIASA/UNEP Case Studies in Semi-Arid Regions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-8

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   2. The Assessment of Effects of Climatic Variations on Agriculture: A Summary of Results from Studies in Semi-Arid Regions

      • Martin Parry, Timothy Carter

      Pages 9-60

   3. The Choice of First-Order Impact Models for Semi-Arid Regions

      • Timothy Carter, Nicolaas Konijn

      Pages 61-83

   4. Climate and Climatic Variability in Semi-Arid Regions at Low Latitudes

      • John G. Lockwood

      Pages 85-120

3. The Effects of Climatic Variations on Agriculture in Central and Eastern Kenya

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-128

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   2. Introduction to the Kenya Case Study

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 129-148

   3. Drought Climatology and Development of the Climatic Scenarios

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 149-173

   4. The Effects on Agroclimatic Zones and Agricultural Production

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 175-190

   5. The Effects on Maize Yields

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 191-207

   6. The Effects on Livestock Production

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 209-220

   7. Smallholder Vulnerability and Response to Drought

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 221-247

   8. Implications for Policy

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 249-270

4. The Effects of Climatic Variations on Agriculture in Northeast Brazil

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-278

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   2. Introduction: Drought as a Policy and Planning Issue in Northeast Brazil

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 279-304

   3. The Climatology of Droughts and Drought Prediction

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 305-323

   4. The Effects on Crop Yields: A Simulation Approach

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 325-342

   5. The Effects on Agricultural Production and Yields

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 343-368

   6. Conclusions

      • Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter, Nicolaas T. Konijn

      Pages 369-380

5. The Effects of Climatic Variations on Agriculture in the Central Sierra of Ecuador

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 381-388

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Three important studies were initiated in the 19708 to investigate the relation­ ship between climatic variations and agriculture: by the National Defense University (1980) on Crop Yields and Climate Change to the Year eooo, by the U.s. Department of Transportation (1975) on Impacts 0/ Climatic Change on the Biosphere and by the U.s. Department of Energy (1980) on Environmental and Societal Consequences 0/ a Possible CO -Induced Climatic Change (the ClAP 2 study). These were pioneering projects in a young field. Their emphasis was on measuring likely impacts of climatic variations rather than on evaluating possible responses, and they focused on first-order impacts (e.g., on crop yields) rather than on higher-order effects on society. A logical next step was to look at higher-order effects and potential responses, as part of a more integrated approach to impact assessment. This was undertaken by the World Climate Impact Program (WCIF), which is directed by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The WCIF is one of four aspects of the World Ciimate Program, which was initiated in 1979.

• Climatology
• Frost
• Holdridge life zones
• Life zone
• temperature

`It is an admirable book in its breadth and depth. It is authoritative, up-to-date, extensively referenced and illustrated. There are many tables of data ... Put it high on your list of recommendations for library purchase.'
E. Linacre, Australian Geographer, November 1989

`... this is a book which should be read by all planners and policy makers as well as agricultural scientists who are endeavouring to have a complete knowledge of their subject.'
W.J. Ridgman, Journal of Agricultural Science, Vol. 113, 1989

`In addition this volume contains a lot of data about climatic and other site factors influencing biomass production as well as about economic conditions in the different regions. Together with volume 2 this volume provides an important basis for ecologists as well as for economists for studying the interaction between climate and plant growth and biomass production in the different regions of the world.'
Agroforestry Systems, 10, 1990

• Department of Geography, The University of Birmingham, UK

  Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter

• IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

  Martin L. Parry, Timothy R. Carter

• Department of Soil Science, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

  Nicolaas T. Konijn

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