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Effects of Climate Change on Regional Agriculture Production, Food Price and Food Insecurity

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Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries

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Climate change is expected to have both negative as well as positive effect on agricultural production. Therefore, depending upon the regional characteristics of climate and its future direction some regions are going to be benefited by climate change in terms of agricultural productivity, whereas some regions’ agriculture is exposed to a higher degree of vulnerability. Considering these differential regional effects of climate change on agriculture, this chapter discusses projected impact of climate change in agricultural productivity, price of agricultural commodities, and food insecurity in different regions.

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    Keshav Lall Maharjan & Niraj Prakash Joshi

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Maharjan, K.L., Joshi, N.P. (2013). Effects of Climate Change on Regional Agriculture Production, Food Price and Food Insecurity. In: Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54343-5_7

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