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Climate Change Impacts in Bhutan: Challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Climate Change Impacts in Bhutan: Challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HGECWU
 
Creator Parker, Louis
Guerten, Nora
Thi Nguyen, Than
Rinzin, Chimi
Tashi, Dawa
Wangchuk, Dorji
Bajgai, Yadunath
Subedi, Kiran
Phuntsho, Loday
Thinley, Namgay
Chhogyel, Ngawang
Gyalmo, Tasho
Katwal, Tirtha B.
Zangpo, Tshelthrim
Acharya, Sagar
Pradhan, Sangita
Penjor, Sonam
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This project was undertaken to examine the suitability of 8 keys crops in Bhutan under current conditions and under a high emission climate scenario (RCP 8.5) for the year 2050. This was a collaborative initiative between MoAF, CIAT and UNEP, funded through the Asia-Pacific Climate Technology Network and Finance Center
(AP-CTNFC). The project had two principal objectives:

Objective 1: Build capacities of key technical staff to produce suitability maps for a wide range of crops under different emission scenarios. Furthermore enhance the understanding
and interpretation of uncertainties of the projections and introduce climate-resilient crop management practices in Bhutan.

Objective 2: Assess the impacts of climate change on the climatic suitability of maize, rice, potato, chili and tomato growing areas in Bhutan. Share and discuss the results and
implications of crop suitability studies with key stakeholders from Bhutan and relevant international agencies such as UNEP and FAO.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate change
Agriculture
Crop modelling
Capacity building
Gender
Bhutan
Asia
Decision and Policy Analysis - DAPA
 
Contributor Garcia, Carolina
 
Type Geospatial Data
Climate Data
GIS Data