Impacts of Climate Change on Brazilian Agriculture : Refocusing Impact Assessments to 2050
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This report evaluates the requirements
for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture
to guide policy makers on investment priorities and phasing.
Because agriculture is vital for national food security and
is a strong contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there
is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is
increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and change.
To meet national development, food security, climate
adaptation and mitigation, and trade goals over the next
several decades, Brazil will need to significantly increase
per area productivity of food and pasture systems while
simultaneously reducing deforestation, rehabilitating
millions of hectares of degraded land, and adapting to
climate change. There is inadequate data to accurately model
projected climate challenges facing Brazil. The report
concludes that key integrated and linked interventions are
needed in the short term to significantly improve currently
available assessments of climate change impact on Brazilian
agriculture and to guide policy makers with the priorities
and phasing of needed investments.
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ADAPTATION, AGRICULTURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, DEFORESTATION, FOOD SECURITY, INTEGRATED INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENTS, LAND REHABILITATION, MITIGATION, PRODUCTIVITY, TRADE GOALS