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A Farm‐Level Analysis of Economic and Agronomic Impacts of Gradual Climate Warming
Author(s) -
Kaiser Harry M.,
Riha Susan J.,
Wilks Daniel S.,
Rossiter David G.,
Sampath Radha
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1242923
Subject(s) - climate change , adaptability , global warming , environmental science , agriculture , growing season , effects of global warming , natural resource economics , geography , agronomy , economics , ecology , biology , archaeology
The potential economic and agronomic impacts of gradual climate warming are examined at the farm level. Three models of the relevant climatic, agronomic, and economic processes are developed and linked to address climate change impacts and agricultural adaptability. Several climate warming scenarios are analyzed, which vary in severity. The results indicate that grain farmers in southern Minnesota can effectively adapt to a gradually changing climate (warmer and either wetter or drier) by adopting later maturing cultivars, changing crop mix, and altering the timing of field operations to take advantage of a longer growing season resulting from climate warming.