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Reducing the Vulnerability of Moldova's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options

Changes in climate and their impact on agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident throughout Europe and Central Asia (ECA). Adaptation measures now in use in Moldova, largely piecemeal efforts, will be insufficient to prevent impacts on agricultural production over the coming decad...

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Main Authors:	Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Neumann, James E., Iglesias, Ana, Boehlert, Brent B.
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	agricultural crop agricultural economy agricultural experts agricultural growth agricultural input agricultural inputs agricultural land agricultural market Agricultural markets agricultural policies agricultural producers Agricultural Production agricultural productivity Agricultural Products agricultural research agricultural research community agricultural research institutes Agricultural Systems agricultural technology Agriculture Agriculture Organization agriculture policies agronomic practices agronomists animal production annual precipitation assessment of climate risks Average yield bean beef beef cattle Capacity Building carbon carbon dioxide cereals Climate climate adaptation Climate Change climate change adaptation Climate Change IMPACT Climate Change IMPACT ASSESSMENT Climate Change Impacts climate change scenarios Climate Changes climate conditions climate data climate effects climate events climate forecasts Climate hazard Climate Hazards Climate Impact Climate Impacts climate model Climate Modeling Climate Resilience Climate Scenario Climate Scenarios climate science Climate temperatures climate variability climate variables Climatic changes co CO2 colors conservation tillage Crop crop areas Crop damage crop insurance crop production crop rotation Crop Varieties Crop Yield Crop Yields cropping Crops diseases drip irrigation drought Ecological Zones economics of adaptation to climate change Effect of Climate Change effect of temperature emission scenario emissions scenario Emissions Scenarios European Commission evaporation evapotranspiration extension agency extension agents extreme events extreme heat extreme heat events extreme temperature extreme weather extreme weather events FAO Farmers farming farming systems farms Fertilization fertilizers floods food security Ford Foundation forest forestry forests frost fruits future climate change future climate scenarios GCM general circulation model GHG GIS Goats Grain Green Revolution Greenhouse Greenhouse Gas greenhouse gas emission greenhouse gas emission reductions greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse Gas Mitigation greenhouse gases Hail harvest harvesting rainwater high yields high-yield crop varieties ICARDA IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT Impact of Climate Impact of Climate Change Impacts of Climate Change implications of climate change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas International Food Policy Research Institute IPCC Irrigation irrigation systems large farms Livestock low rainfall lower rainfall Maize meteorological information meteorology Moisture Index natural resources negative impact orchards pe pesticides pests plant breeding plant growth Plant Protection poverty reduction pp Precipitation quantitative analysis rain rainfall rainfall events rainwater resilience to climate change resistant varieties response to climate change risks of climate change River Basins Rockefeller Foundation Rural Development rural economies rural population season seed varieties seedlings seeds severe weather sheep soil conservation soil erosion soil moisture soil type Soils storms summer temperature Sustainable Development Temperature temperature changes temperature fluctuations temperature increase temperature increases temperatures UNDP United Nations United Nations Development Programme vegetable crop vegetable production vegetables Vulnerability to Climate Change water quality Water Resources Water Use Efficiency Wheat winter temperatures winter wheat world food supply yield losses
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