Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models

Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models

Potential climate-related impacts on future crop yield are a major societal concern. Previous projections of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project’s Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison based on the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 identified substantial climate impacts on all major crops, but associated uncertainties were substantial. Here we report new twenty-first-century projections using ensembles …

An extremely interesting informative event, on the topic of “Climate change | Impacts on fishing, forestry and agricultural production”, will be organized in Xanthi by the Thrace branch of the Geotechnical Chamber of Greece, the Democritus University of Thrace, the Panhellenic Association of Public Ichthyologists and the Democritus University of Thrace. Speakers will be: Christos Akratos | Professor of Water Resources and Wastewater Management …

CLIMATE CHANGE: ICZ intensify awareness campaign for agricultural insurance

The Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) says it is intensifying its awareness campaigns on agricultural insurance. This is to ensure farmers are insured and recover from losses emanating from climate change. Zimbabwe’s climate has been changing affecting its agrobased economy. From 1970 to 2016, mean annual temperature has increased by about 0.03°C per year, while […] The post CLIMATE CHANGE: ICZ intensify awareness campaign for agricultural ins…