Climate variability and extreme weather events and global crop production

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Abstract

Crop productivity varies each year on account of several factors. Climate variability is one factor. How much of the variability in crop yields is explained by climate variations is important for stabilizing future food production. Using gridded long-term climate and crop statistics we tracked-13, 500 political units globally and found that roughly a third of the variation in yields in maize, rice, wheat and soybeans, globally was explained by climate variability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium
Subtitle of host publicationAdaptation and Mitigation
PublisherAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Pages266-268
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781510806610
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015
EventASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium: Adaptation and Mitigation - Chicago, United States
Duration: May 3 2015May 5 2015

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NameASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium: Adaptation and Mitigation

Other

OtherASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium: Adaptation and Mitigation
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period5/3/155/5/15

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