An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean

The main objective of the present study was to determine the value of impacts due to climate change on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluat...

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Autores principales: Hutchinson, Sharon, Gomes, Charmaine, Alleyne, Dillon, Phillips, Willard
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spelling oai-11362-382782020-03-06T16:50:27Z An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean Hutchinson, Sharon Gomes, Charmaine Alleyne, Dillon Phillips, Willard Australian AID CAMBIO CLIMATICO PARQUES Y RESERVAS NACIONALES SUELOS DENSIDAD DE POBLACION ROTACION DE CULTIVOS ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO ALMACENAMIENTO DE ALIMENTOS RIEGO ORDENAMIENTO DE LAS AGUAS CONSERVACION DEL AGUA ALMACENAMIENTO DE AGUA VARIEDADES DE PLANTAS INVERNADEROS ORGANIZACIONES REGIONALES ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE AGRICULTURA ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS ASPECTOS SOCIALES CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES SOILS POPULATION DENSITY CROP ROTATION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOOD STORAGE IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER CONSERVATION WATER STORAGE PLANT VARIETIES GREENHOUSES REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WATER SUPPLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC ASPECTS SOCIAL ASPECTS The main objective of the present study was to determine the value of impacts due to climate change on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the potential impacts of climate change on aggregate agricultural output and other key agricultural indicators. Further, the study forecast changes in income for agricultural output for key subsectors under the A2 and B2 scenarios, from 2011 to 2050. It analysed the benefits and costs of the key adaptation strategies identified by Caribbean Governments. .--I. Introduction.--II. Caribbean agricultural sector overview.--III. Climate change impacts on agriculture.--IV. Literature review.--V. Methodology.--VI. Data.--VII. Results.--VIII. Caribbean adaptation options and benefit cost analyses.--IX. Implications for food security of projected climate change impacts on the agricultural sector.--X. Conclusions 2015-06-15T13:27:42Z 2015-06-15T13:27:42Z 2013-02 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38278 LC/CAR/L.398 en .pdf application/pdf CARIBE CARIBBEAN REGION ECLAC
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topic CAMBIO CLIMATICO
PARQUES Y RESERVAS NACIONALES
SUELOS
DENSIDAD DE POBLACION
ROTACION DE CULTIVOS
ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO
ALMACENAMIENTO DE ALIMENTOS
RIEGO
ORDENAMIENTO DE LAS AGUAS
CONSERVACION DEL AGUA
ALMACENAMIENTO DE AGUA
VARIEDADES DE PLANTAS
INVERNADEROS
ORGANIZACIONES REGIONALES
ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA
DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
AGRICULTURA
ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
CLIMATE CHANGE
NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES
SOILS
POPULATION DENSITY
CROP ROTATION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
FOOD STORAGE
IRRIGATION
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER STORAGE
PLANT VARIETIES
GREENHOUSES
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
WATER SUPPLY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SOCIAL ASPECTS
spellingShingle CAMBIO CLIMATICO
PARQUES Y RESERVAS NACIONALES
SUELOS
DENSIDAD DE POBLACION
ROTACION DE CULTIVOS
ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO
ALMACENAMIENTO DE ALIMENTOS
RIEGO
ORDENAMIENTO DE LAS AGUAS
CONSERVACION DEL AGUA
ALMACENAMIENTO DE AGUA
VARIEDADES DE PLANTAS
INVERNADEROS
ORGANIZACIONES REGIONALES
ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA
DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
AGRICULTURA
ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
CLIMATE CHANGE
NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES
SOILS
POPULATION DENSITY
CROP ROTATION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
FOOD STORAGE
IRRIGATION
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER STORAGE
PLANT VARIETIES
GREENHOUSES
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
WATER SUPPLY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Hutchinson, Sharon
Gomes, Charmaine
Alleyne, Dillon
Phillips, Willard
An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean
description The main objective of the present study was to determine the value of impacts due to climate change on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the potential impacts of climate change on aggregate agricultural output and other key agricultural indicators. Further, the study forecast changes in income for agricultural output for key subsectors under the A2 and B2 scenarios, from 2011 to 2050. It analysed the benefits and costs of the key adaptation strategies identified by Caribbean Governments.
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Hutchinson, Sharon
Gomes, Charmaine
Alleyne, Dillon
Phillips, Willard
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Gomes, Charmaine
Alleyne, Dillon
Phillips, Willard
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title An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean
title_short An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean
title_full An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean
title_fullStr An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector in the Caribbean
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