The role of growth and trade in agricultural adaptation to environmental change

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The role of growth and trade in agricultural adaptation to environmental change
Reilly, J.M. (2011)
Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture, Dinar, A., and R. Mendelsohn (Eds.) Chapter 11, pp. 230-268. Edward Elgar Publishing: UK and USA

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Abstract/Summary:

International trade is important for agriculture, and agriculture is changing rapidly. Governmental interventions in world domestic agriculture distort trade in significant ways; however, they fail to insulate regions from world market forces. The phenomenon of human-induced climate change is global. As research moves from understanding potential impacts of climate and environmental change forces on agriculture to identifying adaptation strategies, successful strategies need to be adapted that encompass such forces as economic and agricultural market change. Issues of trade, environmental change and growth, and adaptation of agriculture to these forces are the focus of this chapter.

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Reilly, J.M. (2011): The role of growth and trade in agricultural adaptation to environmental change. Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture, Dinar, A., and R. Mendelsohn (Eds.) Chapter 11, pp. 230-268. Edward Elgar Publishing: UK and USA (http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=13942)
  • Joint Program Reprint
  • Book/Chapter
The role of growth and trade in agricultural adaptation to environmental change

Reilly, J.M.

2011-21
Dinar, A., and R. Mendelsohn (Eds.) Chapter 11, pp. 230-268. Edward Elgar Publishing: UK and USA

Abstract/Summary: 

International trade is important for agriculture, and agriculture is changing rapidly. Governmental interventions in world domestic agriculture distort trade in significant ways; however, they fail to insulate regions from world market forces. The phenomenon of human-induced climate change is global. As research moves from understanding potential impacts of climate and environmental change forces on agriculture to identifying adaptation strategies, successful strategies need to be adapted that encompass such forces as economic and agricultural market change. Issues of trade, environmental change and growth, and adaptation of agriculture to these forces are the focus of this chapter.

(Chapter available by request)