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Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change

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Title Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change
 
Creator Vermeulen, Sonja J.
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Ainslie, A.
Angelone, C.
Campbell, Bruce M.
Challinor, Andrew J.
Hansen, James
Ingram, John S.I.
Jarvis, Andy
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Lau, Charlotte
Nelson, Gerald C.
Thornton, Philip K.
Wollenberg, Eva K.
 
Subject climate change
food security
 
Description Agriculture and food security are key sectors for intervention under climate change. Agricultural production is highly vulnerable even to 2C (low-end) predictions for global mean temperatures in 2100, with major implications for rural poverty and for both rural and urban food security. Agriculture also presents untapped opportunities for mitigation, given the large land area under crops and rangeland, and the additional mitigation potential of aquaculture. This paper presents a summary of current knowledge on options to support farmers, particularly smallholder farmers, in achieving food security through agriculture under climate change. Actions towards adaptation fall into two broad overlapping areas: (1) accelerated adaptation to progressive climate change over decadal time scales, for example integrated packages of technology, agronomy and policy options for farmers and food systems, and (2) better management of agricultural risks associated with increasing climate variability and extreme events, for example improved climate information services and safety nets. Maximization of agriculture's mitigation potential will require investments in technological innovation and agricultural intensification linked to increased efficiency of inputs, and creation of incentives and monitoring systems that are inclusive of smallholder farmers. Food systems faced with climate change need urgent, broad-based action in spite of uncertainties.
 
Date 2012-01
2011-10-17T06:31:21Z
2011-10-17T06:31:21Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Vermeulen SJ, Aggarwal PK., Ainslie A, Angelone C., Campbell BM., Challinor AJ., Hansen JW, Ingram JS.I., Jarvis A, Kristjanson P, Lau C, Nelson GC, Thornton PK, Wollenberg E. 2012. Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change. Environmental Science and Policy 15(1): 136-144
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10366
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2011.09.003
 
Language en
 
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Format p. 136-144
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Environmental Science and Policy