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Global Climate Change: Recommended Readings

Contents
 

Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels: Economic Drivers, Environmental Implications, and the Role of Research—This seminar publication examines economic issues surrounding biofuel feedstocks, including availability, market interactions, and the role for future research. (December 2008)

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Buildup: Impacts on Ag-Sector Returns—Efforts to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution come at a cost to all sectors of the economy, including agriculture. A program to pay farmers to develop emissions-absorbing "carbon sinks" on agricultural land could add to farm income. (August 1999)

Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Issues of Longrun Sustainability— This report, which highlights ERS research, focuses on economic adaptation to climate change and concludes there is considerably more flexibility and adaptability in agriculture and related sectors than found in other analyses. (June 1996)

World Agriculture and Climate Change: Economic Adaptations—This report is based on the Future Agricultural Resources Model (FARM), which covers worldwide production and markets for major resource-using sectors (crops, livestock, and forestry). The report describes predicted impacts of four climate change scenarios on the agricultural economy. (June 1995)

Climate Change: Economic Implications for World Agriculture—This reading describes how climate change may affect U.S. and world agriculture. It shows the effects on regional crop yields expected to result from broad changes in climate. (October 1991)

 

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Updated date: August 31, 2009