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Reducing the Vulnerability of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options

Agricultural production is inextricably tied to climate, making agriculture one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In countries such as the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia, the risks of climate change for the agricultural sector are a particularly immediate and import...

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Main Authors:	Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Neumann, James E., Strzępek, Kenneth M., Boehlert, Brent B.
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	acid acid rain agricultural area agricultural crop agricultural economy agricultural education agricultural experts agricultural extension agricultural extension service agricultural land Agricultural markets agricultural policies Agricultural Policy agricultural practices Agricultural Production agricultural productivity Agricultural Products agricultural research agricultural research centers Agricultural research institutes Agricultural Systems Agriculture Agriculture Organization agronomic practices agronomists altitude animals annual precipitation assessment of climate risks Average yield average yields Capacity Building carbon carbon dioxide carbon dioxide concentrations Cattle cereal crops cereals Climate climate adaptation Climate Change climate change adaptation Climate Change Analysis Climate Change IMPACT Climate Change IMPACT ASSESSMENT Climate Change Impacts climate change scenarios climate changes climate conditions climate data climate hazard Climate Hazards Climate Impact Climate Impacts Climate Resilience Climate Scenario Climate Scenarios climate variability Climatic changes CO2 colors Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Cost Analysis Crop crop areas Crop damage crop growth crop losses crop management crop production crop residues crop rotations Crop Varieties Crop Yield Crop Yields Crops cultivated land deforestation diseases drip irrigation drought Ecological Zones economics of adaptation to climate change Effect of Climate Change effect of temperature erosion control European Commission evaporation evapotranspiration Extension Agency extension agents extreme events extreme heat extreme heat events extreme weather extreme weather events FAO Farmers farming farmland farms Fertilization floods food security Ford Foundation forest forest ecosystems Forestry forests Framework Convention on Climate Change frost fruits future climate change GCM general circulation model GIS Goats Grain green houses Green Revolution Greenhouse Greenhouse Gas greenhouse gas emission greenhouse gas emission reductions greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse Gas Mitigation greenhouse gases Hail High temperature 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 increase in temperature Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas International Food Policy Research Institute IPCC Irrigation irrigation systems land degradation Livestock lower rainfall Maize maize yields meteorological data meteorological information Moisture Index negative impact overgrazing pesticides pests plant breeding plant growth pollution polyethylene poverty rates poverty reduction Precipitation quantitative analysis rain rainfall resilience to climate change resistant varieties risks of climate change River Basins Rockefeller Foundation roots Rural Development Rural Development Strategies rural economies rural population Scientist season seed varieties seeds Sheep soil conservation soil degradation soil erosion soil moisture soil type soils summer temperature sunshine Sustainable Development Temperature temperature change temperature changes temperature increase temperature increases temperature stress temperatures trees UNDP United Nations United Nations Development Programme vegetable production vegetables Vulnerability to Climate Change water quality water resources Water Use Efficiency Wheat Wheat yields wind winter wheat world food supply yield losses
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16201

Reducing the Vulnerability of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options

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