The relationship of agriculture to climate change is bi-directional. On the one hand, climate change is a major challenge for agriculture and food systems, as it causes crop failures due to extreme weather events and increased atmospheric temperatures. On the other hand, current agricultural production itself contributes significantly to climate change. Around 30 percent of global greenhouse...
1. Introduction
Since the 1960s, the Indonesian rice farmers have widely adopted “Green Revolution” type techniques to achieve rapid increases in productivity. However, the extensive use of such techniques, specifically the overapplication of chemical fertilizers, has also induced tremendous environmental costs like degraded water quality, soil quality and biodiversity loss ([Hazell,...
KEYWORDS
Agroforestry; Multivariate Sample Selection Model; Sahel; Tree Usage
INTRODUCTION
In the Sahel region, global warming drives the degradation of agricultural land. The Sahara Desert is expected to extend further south, turning formerly Sudanese climate zones gradually more Sahelian. This trend directly threatens the agricultural production of the region and thus food security and...
Significant water supply-demand gaps are projected in many regions of India under current climate change and population growth scenarios. Agriculture in India accounts for around 90% of freshwater withdrawals and 65% of the irrigation water is sourced from groundwater (Devineni et al., 2022; World Bank, 2022). Farmers in many regions receive subsidies for water intensive cropping systems and...
