How will Climate Change Impact Agriculture
June 18, 2010| |
The document on How will Climate Change Impact Agriculture is a summary of recommendations discussed during the Congressional Briefing on "Climate Change and Agriculture: Food and Farming in a Changing Climate", held on June 16, 2010 in Washington DC. The document reports the Grand Challenges which Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) identified as the critical researches needed to expedite agricultural adaptation to climate change. They include: crop adaptation to climate change, resistance to abiotic stresses and crop management systems.The event was sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy, CSSA, and the Soil Science Society of America.
The document is downloadable at https://www.crops.org/files/science-policy/climate-change-one-pager.pdf
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