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| Overview of Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in China’s Agriculture |
| WANG Jin-xia, HUANG Ji-kun , YANG Jun |
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100101, P.R.China |
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摘要 The purpose of this paper is to document the likely impacts of climate change on China’s agriculture and the current adaptation efforts made by government and farmers. The review of literature shows that climate change will have a significant impact on agriculture, primarily through its effect on crop yields. The extent of predicted impacts highly depends on the crop, the CO2 fertilization effect assumption and adaptation abilities. Market response to the production shocks resulting from climate change will lessen the impacts on agricultural production predicted by natural scientists. On adaptation, the government’s major efforts have been in the developing new technologies, reforming extension system and enhancing institutional capacity. Farmers do adapt to climate change, but their adaptation measures cannot fully offset the negative impacts of climate change. The paper concludes and makes implications for future studies.
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to document the likely impacts of climate change on China’s agriculture and the current adaptation efforts made by government and farmers. The review of literature shows that climate change will have a significant impact on agriculture, primarily through its effect on crop yields. The extent of predicted impacts highly depends on the crop, the CO2 fertilization effect assumption and adaptation abilities. Market response to the production shocks resulting from climate change will lessen the impacts on agricultural production predicted by natural scientists. On adaptation, the government’s major efforts have been in the developing new technologies, reforming extension system and enhancing institutional capacity. Farmers do adapt to climate change, but their adaptation measures cannot fully offset the negative impacts of climate change. The paper concludes and makes implications for future studies.
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Received: 24 December 2012
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| Fund: The authors acknowledge the financial support of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2012CB955700, 2010CB428406), the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (70925001 and 71161140351), International Development Research Center (107093-001), World Bank, and the CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Strategic Priority Research Program (XDA01020304). We also thank useful comments from the anonymous reviewers and the assistances provided by Zhang Lijuan, Li Yumin, Huang Kaixing, Chen Huang, and Yang Yu, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. |
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Corresponding Authors:
HUANG Ji-kun, Tel: +86-10-64889440, Fax: +86-10-64856533, E-mail: jkhuang.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn
E-mail: jkhuang.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn
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| About author: WANG Jin-xia, Tel: +86-10-64889841, Fax: +86-10-64856533, E-mail: jxwang.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn |
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WANG Jin-xia, HUANG Ji-kun , YANG Jun.
2014.
Overview of Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in China’s Agriculture. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 13(1): 1-17.
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