How Is Climate Change Affecting Thailand’s Agriculture? A Literature Review with Policy Update

Attavanich, Witsanu (2018): How Is Climate Change Affecting Thailand’s Agriculture? A Literature Review with Policy Update. Published in: FFTC Agricultural Articles (21 November 2018)

Abstract

Agriculture in developing countries is the most sensitive economic sector when it comes to climate change. Thailand is one of the developing countries where agriculture plays a significant role and is likely vulnerable to the changing climate. Past studies investigated the impacts of climate change on Thailand’s agricultural sector, but they are fragmented, lack of synthetic results linking to national climate change policies. The objectives of this article are to review and synthesize recent studies investigating the climate change impacts on Thailand’s agricultural sector and update the current state of climate change policies in the sector. Several policies implications can be extracted from the study.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Climate change, Thailand, Agriculture, Impact, Climate Change Policy, Literature Review, Economics,
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q54 - Climate ; Natural Disasters and Their Management ; Global Warming; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R14 - Land Use Patterns

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