Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (Agmip) Integrated Crop and Economic Assessments - Joint Publication with Asa, Cssa, and Sssa (in 2 Parts)

Herausgeber: Hillel, Daniel; Rosenzweig, Cynthia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Joint Publication with the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America."

Produktdetails

• Series On Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation
• Verlag: Imperial College Press
• Seitenzahl: 1160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 172mm x 60mm
• Gewicht: 2508g
• ISBN-13: 9781783265633
• ISBN-10: 1783265639
• Artikelnr.: 41627627

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part 1: Overview of AgMIP: Agricultural Model Intercomparison and
Improvement Project: Phase I Activities by a Global Community of Science;
Methods of Regional Integrated Assessments: AgMIP's Trans-disciplinary
Approach to Regional Integrated Assessment of Climate Impact,
Vulnerability, and Adaptation of Agricultural Systems; AgMIP Climate
Datasets and Scenarios for Integrated Assessment; Crop Systems Modeling in
AgMIP: A New Protocol-driven Approach for Regional Integrated Assessments;
Representative Agricultural Pathways and Scenarios for Regional Integrated
Assessment of Climate Change Impact, Vulnerability, and Adaptation; Data
Interoperability Tools for Regional Integrated Assessments; Global
Estimates of Climate Impacts on Agriculture: The Ag-GRID Global Gridded
Crop Model Intercomparison (GGCMI); The AgMIP Coordinated Climate-Crop
Modeling Project (C3MP): Methods and Protocols; Building AgMIP Science:
Uncertainty in Agricultural Impact Assessment; Uncertainties in Scaling up
Crop Models for Large Area Climate Change Impact Assessments; Statistical
Analysis of Large Simulated Yield Datasets for Studying Climate Change
Effect; Crop Diseases and Climate Change in the AgMIP Framework;
Conclusion: Major Findings and Future ActivitiesPart 2: Introduction;
Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspectives on Climate Effects on Agriculture: The
International Efforts of AgMIP in Sub-Saharan Africa; Climate Change
Impacts on West African Agriculture: An Integrated Regional Assessment
(CIWARA); Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Agricultural Systems
in Eastern Africa; Projected Impacts of Climate Change Scenarios on the
Production of Maize in Southern Africa: An Integrated Assessment Case Study
of the Bethlehem District, Central Free State, South Africa; Crop-livestock
Intensification in the Face of Climate Change: Exploring Opportunities to
Reduce Risk and Increase Resilience In Southern Africa Using an Integrated
Multi-Modeling Approach; South Asia: Integrated Assessments of the Impacts
of Climate Change on Agriculture: An Overview of AgMIP Regional Research in
South Asia; Impact of Climate Change on the Rice-Wheat Cropping System of
Pakistan; Integrated Climate Change Assessment through Linking Crop
Simulation with Economic Modeling - Preliminary Results from the
Indo-Gangetic Basin; Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on
Maize and Farm Household Incomes in Southern India: a Case Study from Tamil
Nadu; Climate Change Impacts on Rice Farming Systems in Northwestern Sri
Lanka; Other AgMIP Regions: AgMIP Regional Activities in a Global
Framework: The Brazil Experience; AgMIP Regional Activities in a Global
Framework: The China Experience; Capacity Building and Outreach: AgMIP
Training in Multiple Crop Models and Tools; Conclusion: Major Findings and
Future Activities