Also, in one optimistic result, their analysis found that extreme weather events had no lasting
impact on agricultural production in the years that followed the disasters.
Increased frequencies of pest and disease outbreaks resulting from these changes may have additional negative
effects on agricultural production and human well - being, with impacts projected to worsen.
OTA calls on the White House to amend its National Strategy to include an
emphasis on agricultural production methods as a valuable solution to our pollinator problem, and to recognize organic farming practices as particularly beneficial to pollinators and their healthy habitats.
Mr Mohammed Munguno, the Chairman, House
Committee on Agricultural Production and Services, advocated a bill to establish the National Universities Agricultural Commission to regulate operations of the Universities of Agriculture.
When examining countries» vulnerabilities, the researchers analyzed a host of factors including a country's
dependence on agricultural production, its imports, the strength of its political institutions and its wealth.
In particular it focuses on gender, agriculture and food security, and covers the following themes: the different roles of men and women in agriculture and food security in Africa; climatic
stresses on agricultural production, and food and nutritional security and the gender dimensions of these stresses; and the need and options for integrating gender perspectives in agricultural and food security policies.
The life - cycle emissions of biofuels vary depending
on agricultural production process, refining, and direct and indirect land use changes, and can possibly exceed those of gasoline.
For example, a change in carbon storage in ecosystems that reduces atmospheric concentrations causes changes in climate forcing and ocean acidification, which in turn affect myriad other environmental attributes, including precipitation patterns, with
effects on agricultural production, the probability and severity of flooding, and the health of marine resources, among others.
Data on agricultural production and water use are not collected at all, or are collected by individual irrigation districts, counties, and a variety of state and federal agencies using a range of tools from voluntary reporting at the field level to remote sensing from satellites.
This new report looks at the likely impacts of present day (0.8 °C), 2 °C and 4 °C
warming on agricultural production, water resources, coastal ecosystems and cities across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South East Asia.
It's very difficult to estimate exactly what those impacts will be [but] what we can say for certain is that the
pressures on agricultural production will certainly be greater because of climate change.»
That's going to have one of the most important ramifications will be improvements in human health and we shouldn't overlook the very damaging effects of air pollution from coal and motor use is having
on agricultural production in south Asia as well.
Such a rise is expected to have impacts
on agricultural production, sea levels, biodiversity, extreme weather, public health, food security, and even warfare.