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Integrated Approach to Climate Change Impact Assessment on Agricultural Production System

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Publication date
16/07/2010
Number of Pages
13
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Middle East & North Africa
Focus Topic:
Climate / Weather / Environment
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Weather & Climate related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Livestock
Author
Tsugihiro Watanabe
Organization
Asian Development Bank Institute

This project attempted to comprehend ‘the agriculture as a system of relationship between human and nature’, with a view to identifying current and future challenges, and effective countermeasures against possible climate changes. Based on a comprehensive assessment of the basic structure of agricultural production system with special reference to regional climate, land and water use, cropping pattern and irrigation system, the project attempted to predict and evaluate the impacts of future climate change and the regional adaptability. Finally, the correlations between changes in nature and human activities are to be examined in an integrated manner. In this process, regional climate change prediction with higher resolution is critical to precise impact assessment. In this paper, the ICCAP is outlined focusing on its challenging aspect to develop the methodology with some primary outputs. The possible problems were assessed through projected impacts including temperature rise, precipitation decrease, sea level rise, and so on.