Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems

Description

Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.

Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as, improving data flows, incorporating genetic information and dealing with uncertainty. This collection also reviews what we know about potential climate change impacts on regional agricultural systems such, Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia and Oceania, as well as different regions in Asia and Africa.

Key features

• Assesses key advances in modelling techniques for assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture, such as improving data flows and dealing with uncertainty 
• Provides a global perspective on the impact of climate change on an array of agricultural systems, encompassing both crop and livestock production, in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas 
• Reviews best practices for modelling climate change impacts on particular aspects of agricultural systems, including crop growth and yield formation

Table of contents

Part 1 Advances in modelling
1.Advances in integrating different models assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture: Jacques-Eric Bergez, INRA, France;
2.Improving data flow/integration in models assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture: Claas Nendel, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany;
3.Incorporating genetics into models assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture: Charlie Messina, Corteva, Australia;
4.Developing more integrated/holistic approaches in models assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture: Ian Holman, Cranfield University, UK;
5.Allowing for uncertainty in models assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture: Fulu Tao, China Agricultural University, China;

Part 2 Modelling climate change impacts on particular aspects of agricultural systems
6.Modelling climate change impacts on crop growth and yield formation: Davide Cammarano, Aarhus University, Denmark;
7.Modelling climate change impacts on livestock/milk and meat production: Nigel Scollan, Queen's University of Belfast, UK;
8.Modelling climate change impact on low-input/smallholder farming systems: Myriam Adam, CIRAD, Cambodia;
9.Modelling climate change impact on agro-ecosystem services: Charlotte Weil, Stanford University, USA;
10.Modelling climate change impact on agricultural commodities and markets: Ignacio Perez Dominiguez, JRC, Italy;

Part 3 Modelling climate change impacts on regional agricultural systems
11.Modelling transition of agricultural systems in response to climate change: Arnout van Soesbergen, King's College London, UK;
12.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in Europe: Mirek Trnka, CzechGlobe, Czech Republic;
13.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in North America: Bruno Basso, Michigan State University, USA;
14.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in Latin America: Fabio Marin, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil;
15.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in Australia and Oceania: Enli Wang, CSIRO, Australia;
16.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in South Asia: Soora Naresh Kumar, IARI, India;
17.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in East Asia: Yan Zhu, Nanjing University, China;
18.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in North Africa and Southwest Asia: Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany;
19.Modelling the impact of climate change on agriculture in West Africa: Dilys McCarthy, University of Ghana, Ghana;