Sentences with phrase «patterns of agricultural production»

I would guess that the answer to your question «are ancillary benefits of global warming important enough to include in the cost / benefit calculations» is «yes» - e.g. reduced travel times through ice - free Arctic is probably non-trivial to world trade, changing patterns of agricultural production are net wins for some populations.

In considering these issues, I encourage you to explore a new book, available in its entirety online: «The Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide,» edited by Julian M. Alston, Bruce A. Babcock, and Philip G. Pardey.

Not exact matches

Extremes in local and regional weather patterns and climate variability have disrupted agricultural production in the past; climate - related temperature rise is expected to increasingly affect crop yields in many regions of the world.

Therefore, in this chapter we discuss observed and expected patterns of change for each of the major types of agricultural production rather than applying the climate trends equivalently across agricultural topics.

In addressing the challenge of food security and climate change, the world faces therefore three inter-related challenges: first, the need to double food production by 2050 to meet growing world demand; second, the need to adapt agricultural production to shifting weather patterns; and third, the need to minimize agriculture's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions while maximizing its potential to mitigate climate change.

Where is Donahue in talking about the implications of Global Warming and the costs of species going extinct, agricultural production distrupted through weather pattern changes, and dealing with the impacts of rising ocean levels and more severe weather?

The impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on human health include the effects of air pollution on increased respiratory disease, the spread of vector - borne illnesses like cholera, malaria, and dengue fever due to changing weather patterns, and compromised agricultural production and food security leading to greater malnutrition.