Issues in Modelling Agriculture Response to Climate Change

Singh, Amarendra Pratap and Narayanan, Krishnan (2013): Issues in Modelling Agriculture Response to Climate Change.

Abstract

Agriculture stands as most sensitive economic activity to climate variations. Modelling climate-agriculture relationship is one of the most researched issues in recent times. This paper reviews some of the issues regarding modelling agriculture response to climate change.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Yield,Climate Change, Ricardian technique
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q54 - Climate ; Natural Disasters and Their Management ; Global Warming

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