Climate Change Adaptation for Agriculture. Mitigating Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Climate on Crop Production

Virginia Cooperative ExtensionEaston, Zachary M.Faulkner, Joshua W.2016-04-212016-04-212014-09-24http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70730Climate change and climate variability pose a great risk to agricultural production and farm livelihoods, and producers will need to adapt to a changing climate that is expected to be significantly more variable in order to meet these challenges. Agricultural producers have a long record of successful adaptation to a host of internal and external pressures and have made remarkable strides in the face of these pressures.6 pagesapplication/pdfenVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Biological Systems EngineeringClimate Change Adaptation for Agriculture. Mitigating Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Climate on Crop ProductionMitigating Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Climate on Crop ProductionExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/BSE/BSE-109/BSE-109-PDF.pdfClimate changeAgricultural productionadaptation