Land Use Change and Global Adaptations to Climate Change

Juliá, Roxana; Duchin, Faye

doi:10.3390/su5125442

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“…It should be noted that there is interest in new scientific developments, and a large proportion of farmers are considering the use of selected seeds, adapted to the agricultural area from which they come, as a measure to combat the effects of climate change [8].…”

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“…Climate change represents a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns and takes into account an extended period of time. The first measures to combat the phenomenon were initiated in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 with the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, when 194 countries agreed to take long-term measures to stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases and prevent dangerous human influence on the climate system [5][6][7][8][9]. Five years later, measures to combat climate change were agreed to in Kyoto, where commitments were signed to reduce greenhouse emissions between 2008 and 2012 [9][10][11][12].…”

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Climate Change—Between “Myth and Truth” in Romanian Farmers’ Perception

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The study analyzes the awareness of the effects of climate change on agriculture and the measures that should be implemented in this regard from the farmer’s perspective, taking into account the financial and promotional measures supported by the European Union for farmers. Thus, the study tracks the level of openness of farmers to implementing the measures that European policy makers will take in the coming period. Taking into account the fact that agriculture plays a particularly important economic role, due to the share of agricultural products in Romania’s total exports, particularly in plant production, a quantitative survey was carried out among Romanian farmers, using a questionnaire as an instrument, with a total of 407 respondents. The farmers interviewed undoubtedly recognize that the problems they face are caused by the effects of climate change and are willing to adapt, seek and implement the necessary solutions. The most problematic climatic phenomenon identified by farmers (71.5%) is drought, with negative effects on their activity. At the same time, 54.15% of the respondents believe that the effects of climate change are affecting their business through lower yields. Although the farmers interviewed are willing to implement solutions to combat climate effects, 80.34% of them are not considering revising cropping patterns, giving more importance to market demand than to practices that protect the environment. In conclusion, as long as farmers feel and understand the effects of climate change, it cannot be a myth, especially if they are willing to adapt to these challenges.

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Climate Change—Between “Myth and Truth” in Romanian Farmers’ Perception

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“…A handful of studies to date have used the WTM to analyze agricultural scenarios. Juliá and Duchin , use the WTM to analyze prospects for global agriculture under climate change and find that production shifts, responding to changes in comparative advantage, ensure a feasible solution but at higher prices. The WTM has also been applied to inter-regional exchanges among hydro-economic subregions of Mexico to investigate the magnitude of water fees or caps on withdrawals that would be required to shift agricultural production out of low-cost but water-scarce regions of the country. ,, …”

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Feeding Nine Billion People Sustainably: Conserving Land and Water through Shifting Diets and Changes in Technologies

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Duchin

2014

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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In the early 21st century the extensive clearing of forestland, fresh water scarcity, and sharp rises in the price of food have become causes for concern. These concerns may be substantially exacerbated over the next few decades by the need to provide improved diets for a growing global population. This study applies an inter-regional input-output model of the world economy, the World Trade Model, for analysis of alternative scenarios about satisfying future food requirements by midcentury. The scenario analysis indicates that relying only on more extensive use of arable land and fresh water would require clearing forests and exacerbating regional water scarcities. However, a combination of less resource-intensive diets and improved agricultural productivity, the latter especially in Africa, could make it possible to use these resources sustainably while also constraining increases in food prices. Unlike the scenario outcomes from other kinds of economic models, our framework reveals the potential for a decisive shift of production and export of agricultural products away from developed countries toward Africa and Latin America. Although the assumed changes in diets and technologies may not be realizable without incentives, our results suggest that these regions exhibit comparative advantages in agricultural production due to their large remaining resource endowments and their potential for higher yields.

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“…This issue is even more current and relevant given that land-use change is a fundamental driver of global environmental change and sustainability [19,20] and a central element in the effort to ensure global food security [21,22].…”

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Quinoa Expansion in Peru and Its Implications for Land Use Management

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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) has gained prominence worldwide over recent years and suddenly Peru has emerged as a major player in the global quinoa market. This study aims to analyze the expansion of quinoa farming in Peru in the period 1995-2014 and to discuss the changes in land-use the country has experienced as a result of the boom in the global demand for quinoa. Two statistical approaches, principal component analysis (PCA) and exponential smoothing, were applied in the data analysis to explore the evolution of the quinoa boom in Peru by periods and to forecast what the acreage expansion rate would have been if the boom had not occurred. The results show that the quinoa boom was responsible for an increase of 43% in the number of hectares planted with quinoa in 2014, in relation to the number predicted if there had been no boom. This provoked an acceleration of production in traditional quinoa farming areas and the extension of this activity to new regions. The consequences are already apparent in the land-use changes seen in Peru, namely the: (i) displacement; (ii) rebound; and (iii) cascade effects.

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Land Use Change and Global Adaptations to Climate Change

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Climate Change—Between “Myth and Truth” in Romanian Farmers’ Perception

Climate Change—Between “Myth and Truth” in Romanian Farmers’ Perception

Feeding Nine Billion People Sustainably: Conserving Land and Water through Shifting Diets and Changes in Technologies

Quinoa Expansion in Peru and Its Implications for Land Use Management

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