Virtual Organized Symposium
Climate Change and Agriculture’s Response
August 18, 2020
According to IPCC, slightly over a quarter of the GHG emissions come from agriculture, broadly defined to include forestry, fisheries and livestock and land use changes. Climate change also has profound impacts on agriculture, from higher temperatures, variable rainfall, floods and droughts, loss of agricultural land. Research on adaption to climate change is relatively new and limited. In this session three papers, one on Sub-Saharan Africa, one on Asia and one covering both continents will present results of climate change outcomes and implications for research and policy.
Organizer:
Uma Lele, Institute of Economic Growth
Discussant:
Shenggen Fan, China Agricultural University
Presenters:
Will Martin, IFPRI
Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
Issahaku Gazali, University of Development Studies, Tamale Ghana
