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Author Mueller, C.
Title (up) A crop modeling response to economists’ wishlists Type Conference Article
Year 2014 Publication Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract Assessments of climate change impacts on agricultural markets and land-use patterns rely on quantification of climate change impacts on the spatial patterns of land productivity. We supply a set of climate impact scenarios on agricultural land productivity derived from two climate models and two biophysical crop growth models to account for some of the uncertainty inherent in climate and impact models. Aggregation in space and time leads to information losses that can determine climate change impacts on agricultural markets and land-use patterns because often aggregation is across steep gradients from low to high impacts or from increases to decreases. The four climate change impact scenarios supplied here were designed to represent the most significant impacts (high emission scenario only, assumed ineffectiveness of carbon dioxide fertilization on agricultural yields, no adjustments in management) but are consistent with the assumption that changes in agricultural practices are covered in the economic models. Globally, production of individual crops decrease by 10 to 38% under these climate change scenarios, with large uncertainties in spatial patterns that are determined by both the uncertainty in climate projections and the choice of impact model. This uncertainty in climate impact on crop productivity needs to be considered by economic assessments of climate change.
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Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title FACCE MACSUR Mid-term Scientific Conference
Series Volume 3(S) Sassari, Italy Series Issue Edition
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Area Expedition Conference FACCE MACSUR Mid-term Scientific Conference, 2014-04-01 to 2014-04-04, Sassari, Italy
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Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 5048
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Author Lotze-Campen, H.; Verburg, P.H.; Popp, A.; Lindner, M.; Verkerk, P.J.; Moiseyev, A.; Schrammeijer, E.; Helming, J.; Tabeau, A.; Schulp, C.J.E.; van der Zanden, E.H.; Lavalle, C.; e Silva, F.B.; Walz, A.; Bodirsky, B.
Title (up) A cross-scale impact assessment of European nature protection policies under contrasting future socio-economic pathways Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Regional Environmental Change Abbreviated Journal Reg. Environ. Change
Volume 18 Issue 3 Pages 751-762
Keywords Land use change; Integrated modelling; Cross-scale interaction; Nature protection; Impact assessment
Abstract Protection of natural or semi-natural ecosystems is an important part of societal strategies for maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem services, and achieving overall sustainable development. The assessment of multiple emerging land use trade-offs is complicated by the fact that land use changes occur and have consequences at local, regional, and even global scale. Outcomes also depend on the underlying socio-economic trends. We apply a coupled, multi-scale modelling system to assess an increase in nature protection areas as a key policy option in the European Union (EU). The main goal of the analysis is to understand the interactions between policy-induced land use changes across different scales and sectors under two contrasting future socio-economic pathways. We demonstrate how complementary insights into land system change can be gained by coupling land use models for agriculture, forestry, and urban areas for Europe, in connection with other world regions. The simulated policy case of nature protection shows how the allocation of a certain share of total available land to newly protected areas, with specific management restrictions imposed, may have a range of impacts on different land-based sectors until the year 2040. Agricultural land in Europe is slightly reduced, which is partly compensated for by higher management intensity. As a consequence of higher costs, total calorie supply per capita is reduced within the EU. While wood harvest is projected to decrease, carbon sequestration rates increase in European forests. At the same time, imports of industrial roundwood from other world regions are expected to increase. Some of the aggregate effects of nature protection have very different implications at the local to regional scale in different parts of Europe. Due to nature protection measures, agricultural production is shifted from more productive land in Europe to on average less productive land in other parts of the world. This increases, at the global level, the allocation of land resources for agriculture, leading to a decrease in tropical forest areas, reduced carbon stocks, and higher greenhouse gas emissions outside of Europe. The integrated modelling framework provides a method to assess the land use effects of a single policy option while accounting for the trade-offs between locations, and between regional, European, and global scales.
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ISSN 1436-3798 ISBN Medium
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Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 5004
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Author Soussana, J.-F.; Fereres, E.; Long, S.P.; Mohren, F.G.M.J.; Pandya-Lorch, R.; Peltonen-Sainio, P.; Porter, J.R.; Rosswall, T.; von Braun, J.
Title (up) A European science plan to sustainably increase food security under climate change Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Global Change Biology Abbreviated Journal Glob. Chang. Biol.
Volume 18 Issue 11 Pages 3269-3271
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Address 2016-10-31
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ISSN 1354-1013 ISBN Medium Letter
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Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 4815
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Author Dumont, B.; Leemans, V.; Ferrandis Vallterra, S.; Vancutsem, F.; Seutin, B.; Bodson, B.; Destain, J.-P.; Destain, M.-F.
Title (up) A first step towards a real-time predictive yield support system Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Abbreviated Journal
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Keywords CropM
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Area Expedition Conference CIGR-AgEng 2012, International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Valencia (Spain)., 2012-07-07 to 2012-07-12
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Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 2403
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Author Mueller, L.; Schindler, U.; Shepherd, T.G.; Ball, B.C.; Smolentseva, E.; Hu, C.; Hennings, V.; Schad, P.; Rogasik, J.; Zeitz, J.; Schlindwein, S.L.; Behrendt, A.; Helming, K.; Eulenstein, F.
Title (up) A framework for assessing agricultural soil quality on a global scale Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science Abbreviated Journal Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
Volume 58 Issue sup1 Pages S76-S82
Keywords soil quality; indicators; muencheberg soil quality rating
Abstract This paper provides information about a novel approach of rating agricultural soil quality (SQ) and crop yield potentials consistently over a range of spatial scales. The Muencheberg Soil Quality Rating is an indicator-based straightforward overall assessment method of agricultural SQ. It is a framework covering aspects of soil texture, structure, topography and climate which is based on 8 basic indicators and more than 12 hazard indicators. Ratings are performed by visual methods of soil evaluation. A field manual is then used to provide ratings from tables based on indicator thresholds. Finally, overall rating scores are given, ranging from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) to characterise crop yield potentials. The current approach is valid for grassland and cropland. Field tests in several countries confirmed the practicability and reliability of the method. At field scale, soil structure is a crucial, management induced criterion of agricultural SQ. At the global scale, climate controlled hazard indicators of drought risk and soil thermal regime are crucial for SQ and crop yield potentials. Final rating scores are well correlated with crop yields. We conclude that this system could be evolved for ranking and controlling agricultural SQ on a global scale.
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ISSN 0365-0340 ISBN Medium Article
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Notes CropM, TradeM, ftnotmacsur Approved no
Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 4589
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