An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana

Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro e...

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Otros Autores:	NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
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Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean 2015
Materias:	DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO AGRICULTURA POBLACION CLIMA GEOGRAFIA ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ECONOMICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE POPULATION CLIMATE GEOGRAPHY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ECONOMIC POLICY
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spelling	oai-11362-385862018-02-14T12:13:37Z An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO AGRICULTURA POBLACION CLIMA GEOGRAFIA ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ECONOMICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE POPULATION CLIMATE GEOGRAPHY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ECONOMIC POLICY Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro events are expected to challenge plant and animal viability. Under such circumstances, vector control is expected to become more difficult, which may further prejudice the prosperity of plant, livestock and fisheries growth. The impact is expected to be on the quality of agricultural produce and thereby, indirectly, on human health outcomes. The key threat mechanisms are debilitated plant vitality and increased propagation of pests, as drought periods increase the breeding of vectors through water pooling and soil erosion associated with the increased intensity of hydro events. In addition, climate change is likely to affect crop productivity in specific geographical areas through its impact on growing seasons and crop patterns, to the extent that crop varieties cannot adapt. .-- I. Introduction.-- II. The impact of climate change on agriculture.-- III. Models used to estimate the impact of climate change on agriculture.-- IV. Guyana: Socio-economic background.--V. Quantifying the projecting climate change impacts.-- VI. Adaptation isues.-- VII. Cost-benefit analysis.-- VIII. Conclusions. 2015-07-13T18:23:53Z 2015-07-13T18:23:53Z 2011-10-22 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38586 LC/CAR/L.323 en .pdf application/pdf GUYANA GUYANA ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
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topic	DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO AGRICULTURA POBLACION CLIMA GEOGRAFIA ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ECONOMICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE POPULATION CLIMATE GEOGRAPHY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ECONOMIC POLICY
spellingShingle	DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO AGRICULTURA POBLACION CLIMA GEOGRAFIA ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ECONOMICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE POPULATION CLIMATE GEOGRAPHY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ECONOMIC POLICY An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana
description	Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro events are expected to challenge plant and animal viability. Under such circumstances, vector control is expected to become more difficult, which may further prejudice the prosperity of plant, livestock and fisheries growth. The impact is expected to be on the quality of agricultural produce and thereby, indirectly, on human health outcomes. The key threat mechanisms are debilitated plant vitality and increased propagation of pests, as drought periods increase the breeding of vectors through water pooling and soil erosion associated with the increased intensity of hydro events. In addition, climate change is likely to affect crop productivity in specific geographical areas through its impact on growing seasons and crop patterns, to the extent that crop varieties cannot adapt.
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title	An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana
title_short	An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana
title_full	An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana
title_fullStr	An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana
title_full_unstemmed	An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana
title_sort	assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the agriculture sector in guyana
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An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture Sector in Guyana

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