Adapting agriculture to drought and extreme events

Adapting agriculture to climate change.

The strong trends in climate change already evident, the likelihood of further changes occurring, and the increasing scale of potential climate impacts give urgency to addressing agricultural adaptation more coherently. There are many potential adaptation options available for marginal change of existing agricultural systems, often variations of existing climate risk management. We show that im...

Agriculture-Associated Diseases: Adapting Agriculture to Improve Human Health

Agriculture is critical for human welfare, providing food, employment, income, and assets. In the past, agricultural research and development largely focused on improving production, productivity, and profitability of agricultural enterprises. Nutrition and other benefits of agriculture were not always optimized, while the negative impacts on health, well-being, and the environment were often i...

Adapting Agriculture to a Monocultural World

Adapting to Extreme Events: Household Response to Floods in Urban Areas

Desertification, Drought, Poverty, and Agriculture