Handbook on climate change impacts, mitigation, and adaptation in agriculture / edited by Ariel Dinar (distinguished professor emeritus of environmental economics and policy, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside) and Robert O. Mendelsohn (Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis professor emeritus of forest policy, Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dinar, Ariel, editor.

Mendelsohn, Robert O., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Climatic changes.

Agricultural ecology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Agricultural ecology.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Agriculture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (596 pages)

Edition:

First.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This timely Handbook examines the effects of climate change on the agriculture industry. It also presents contemporary scholarship associated with recent explorations in climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation in diverse agricultural contexts across the globe. Expert contributors explore a wide range of adaptation measures and their quantification, providing insight into advancements already in place, from farm-level to state-level support. Chapters identify the industry's need to further tackle climate change related issues, including increasing food demand, relationships with policymakers, and opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Using different estimation approaches, precision levels, and data sources, the authors apply various methodologies to measure the impact and value of adaptation in the agricultural sector. This Handbook is valuable to scholars and students of environmental and agricultural economics and climate change. Its focus on impacts, adaptation, and mitigation makes this a vital resource for researchers and policy analysts working on climate change and agriculture in federal and state government agencies, as well as staff of international agencies and developmental organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword / David Zilberman

1. Introduction to the handbook on climate change impacts, mitigation, and adaptation in agriculture / Ariel Dinar and Robert Mendelsohn

Part I: Climate impacts on agriculture

2. Climate change and agriculture: A global meta-analysis of the ricardian literature / Allan Beltran, Sal͠û Basurto Hernǹdez, Robert Mendelsohn, and Luis Miguel Galindo

3. European climate change impacts on agriculture: An updated ricardian analysis / Charlotte Fabri and Steven Van Passel

4. Assessing the sensitivity of climate change impacts in agriculture to the climate-economy functional form / Joey Blumberg

5. Estimating the impact of droughts and floods on African farmers / Shun Chonabayashi and Theepakorn Jithitikulchai

6. Impacts of and seasonal adaptation to climate change: Structural ricardian evidence from smallholder farmers in sub-saharan Africa / Babatunde Abidoye, Agha Ali Akram, Sudha Kannan, Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, and Kehinde O. Omotoso

7. The impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity in oecd countries / Mehrshad Radmehr and Richard Arhinful

Part II: Agricultural adaptation to climate change section 2.1 crop choice, agroforestry, risk management

8. Agricultural adaptation to climate change: The imperative, the reaction, and the policy challenges / Lunyu C. Zhao, Xinran R. Wang, Chengcheng J. Fei, and Bruce A. McCarl

9. The economics of large-scale climate adaptation in brazilian agriculture / Guilherme DePaula, Aryeverton Fortes de Oliveira, Vania Rosa Pereira, Milena Oliveira, and Arthur Welle

10. Drought-tolerant crops as a drought adaptation tool: Productivity, input complementarity, and risk effects / Jonathan McFadden, Samuel Bailey, Daniel Bonin, Laura Paul, and Jonathan Malacarne

11. Climate variability and risk management in maize production: Adoption strategies and implications for climate change in southwestern cameroon / Eric Jr. Bomdzele, Ernest L. Molua, Ajapnwa Akamin, Bizel-Bi. M. Tichad, Mary E. Ngaiwi, and Joe E. Assoua

12. Climate change impacts and adaptation in the agricultural sector of the colorado river basin: A hydro-economic analysis / Daniel Crespo, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Zachary Frankel, and Nicholas Halberg Section 2.2 Managing water as an adaptation

13. Effects of climate, land, and farm characteristics on irrigation adoption, water use, and conservation practices in the southeastern us / Harikrishnan Santhosh and Jeffrey D. Mullen

14. Extreme soil moisture risk and subsurface drainage adoption: A structural ricardian analysis / Steven Wallander, Daniel Szmurlo, and Benjamin M. Gramig

15. Effects of climate change on farmers' adaptive investment in irrigation facilities: Empirical evidence from national representative surveys in China / Jinxia Wang, Wei Chao, Kaixing Huang, Huang Chen, and Yimeng

Part III: Agriculture as a tool for ghg mitigation

16. Markets in agriculture-based carbon offsets: Current status and scaling challenges / Rohit Jindal

17. How to address barriers to the adoption of agricultural carbon sequestration / Michael A. Meneses, Miguel I. Gm̤ez, David R. Just, Ravi Kanbur, David R. Lee, and C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell

18. The growing challenges of climate change in Spanish agriculture: Impacts, mitigation, and adaptation / Jos ̌Albiacand Encarna Esteban

19. Perception and willingness to support planned mitigation climate policies: The African farmers' perspective / Perez L. Kemeni Kambiet, Ernest L. Molua, Victor Ongoma, Francis E. Ndip, and Hachim El Ayoubi

Part IV: Government programs and policies

20. Could agricultural extension services help farmers adapt to climate change? Evidence from smallholder farmers in Kenya, Mozambique, and nigeria / Agha Ali Akram, Esteban J. Quiǫnes, Abbie Turiansky, and Robert Mendelsohn

21. Legislative responsiveness to climate change: Politically driven adaptation in california's agricultural sector / Paige Pellaton, Jonathan P. Colner, Alex Cohen, Cory Struthers, Siddharth Kishore, Scott A. MacKenzie, Matthew S. Shugart, Mehdi Nemati, and Ariel Dinar

22. Governance structure, adaptation options, and climate resilience of the agricultural and water sectors of morocco: Pathway analysis in the context of the oum er rbia basin / Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, Abdelkader Ait El Mekki, Upali Ananda Amarasinghe, Giriraj Amarnath, and Youssef Brouziyne

Part V: Conclusion

23. Conclusions of the handbook on climate change impacts, mitigation, and adaptation in agriculture, and lessons learned / Robert Mendelsohn and Ariel Dinar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035344970 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.