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Introduction The Role of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement ProjectClimate impacts on agriculture are of increasing concern in both the scientific and policy communities because of the need to ensure food security for a growing population. A special challenge is posed by the changes in the frequency and intensity of heat-waves, droughts, and episodic rainstorms already underway in many parts of the world. Changes in production are directly linked to such variations in temperature and precipitation during the growing season, and often to offseason changes in weather affecting soil-water storage and availability to crops. This is not an isolated problem but one of both global and regional importance, because of impacts on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers as well as consequences for the world food trade system. This two-part set the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Integrated Crop and Economic Assessments is the first to be entirely devoted to AgMIP (www.agmip.org). AgMIP is a major international research program focused on climate change and agriculture. The goal of the two parts is to advance the field by providing detailed information on new simulation techniques and assessments being conducted by this program. It presents information about new methods of global and regional integrated assessment, results from agricultural regions, and adaptation strategies for maintaining food security under changing climate conditions.
Document ID
20160004056
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Book Chapter
Authors
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY United States)
Hillel, Daniel
(Columbia Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
March 29, 2016
Publication Date
April 25, 2015
Publication Information
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN30771
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX14AB99A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
security
policies
drought
farm crops
rainstorms
climate
agriculture

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