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A review on farm household modelling with a focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation

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Title A review on farm household modelling with a focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation
 
Creator Wijk, Mark T. van
Rufino, Mariana C.
Enahoro, Dolapo K.
Parsons, D.
Silvestri, Silvia
Valdivia, R.O.
Herrero, Mario T.
 
Subject climate
climate adaptability
food security
greenhouse effect
 
Description This study systematically reviewed the literature to evaluate how suitable existing farm and farm
household models are to study aspects of food security in relation to climate change adaptation, risk management and mitigation. We systematically scanned approximately 16,000 research articles covering more than a 1000 models. We found 126 models that met the criteria for subsequent detailed analysis. Although many models use climate as an input, few were used to study climate change adaptation or mitigation at farm level. Promising mixtures of methodologies include mathematical programming for farm level decision-making, dynamic simulation for the production components and agent based modelling for the spread of information and technologies between farmers. There is a need for more explicit farm level analyses with a focus on adaptation, vulnerability and risk. In general terms, this systematic review concludes that there are enough techniques for integrated assessments of farm systems in relation to climate change, adaptation and mitigation, but they have not yet been combined in a way
that is meaningful to farm level decision makers.
 
Date 2012
2012-06-26T07:49:46Z
2012-06-26T07:49:46Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Wijk MT. van, Rufino MC, Enahoro D, Parsons D, Silvestri S, Valdivia RO, Herrero M. 2012. A review on farm household modelling with a focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation. CCAFS Working Paper 20. Copenhagen, Denmark: CCAFS.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21112
 
Language en
 
Relation CCAFS Working Paper
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security