Keywords:
Crops and climate-Data processing
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Agricultural systems-Data processing-Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Agricultural systems-Data processing-South Asia
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Climatic changes
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Agricultural ecology
Description / Table of Contents:
Part 1 -- Contents -- Foreword, Ghassem Asrar and Jean-Francois Soussana -- Foreword, Sir Alex Halliday -- Foreword, Gavin Schmidt -- Preface, Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel -- About the Editors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Regional Integrated Assessment Methods and Analyses -- Chapter 1. Overview of AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment -- Introduction -- Structure and Scope -- Outputs -- Impact -- Significant Findings -- Forthcoming Work and Ongoing/Future Impact -- Lessons Learned and How These Have Been Shared -- Structure of This Volume -- References -- Chapter 2. Understanding Differences in Climate Sensitivity Simulations of APSIM and DSSAT Crop Models -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Introduction to APSIM crop models -- Introduction to DSSAT crop models -- Experimental data for regions and calibration for distributions of yields within farm surveys -- Evaluation of Model Sensitivities to CO2, Temperature, Rainfall, and N Factors -- Results and Discussion -- Nitrogen Response Depends on SOM Pools and SOM Mineralization -- CO2 Response Differs by Crop Type, but Is Also Affected by N Fertilization -- Response to Rainfall Depends on Soil Type, Crop Type, and N Fertility -- APSIM and DSSAT Models for Same Crops May Differ in Temperature Responses Depending on Model Parameterization -- Maize -- Sorghum and millet -- Wheat -- Rice -- Peanut -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3. Representative Agricultural Pathways: A Multi-Scale Foresight Process to Support Transformation and Resilience of Farming Systems -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework for Socio-Economic Scenarios -- Plausible emission and socio-economic scenarios (RCPs and SSPs -- Regional Representative Agricultural Pathways (RAPs) -- RAP 4: "Sustainable low growth (Green RAP)" -- RAP 5: "Unsustainable high growth (Grey RAP)".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (831 pages)
ISBN:
9781786348760
Series Statement:
Series On Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation v.5
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6799491
DDC:
630.251595
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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