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Economic Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Agriculture: Assessing Recent Evidence

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  • Jan Lewandrowski
  • David Schimmelpfennig

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Recent studies estimate potential economic impacts of climate change on U.S. agriculture. While results are not directly comparable, several "big picture" lessons can be drawn. These broader findings are developed and put into a policy context. While the estimated impacts on U.S. agriculture, and the U.S. economy, do not yet justify costly adaptation or mitigation strategies, some regional and environmental impacts could be quite severe. Current policy efforts should focus on reducing climate change uncertainties and increasing farm sector flexibility. From a national perspective, future agreements to limit greenhouse gas emissions could be partially met through adjustments of farm practices.

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  • Jan Lewandrowski & David Schimmelpfennig, 1999. "Economic Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Agriculture: Assessing Recent Evidence," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 75(1), pages 39-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:75:y:1999:i:1:p:39-57
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    1. Arisha Ashraf & Ariel Dinar & Érika Monteiro & Todd Gaston, 2016. "Adaptation In California Agriculture: What Have We Been Assessing For Two And A Half Decades?," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 7(02), pages 1-19, May.
    2. Nikolinka G. Koleva & Uwe a Schneider, "undated". "The impact of climate change on aquatic risk from agricultural pesticides in the US," Working Papers FNU-173, Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University.
    3. Raju Mandal & Hiranya Nath, 2017. "Climate Change and indian Agriculture: Impacts on Crop Yield," Working Papers 1705, Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and International Business.
    4. David Zilberman & Xuemei Liu & David Roland-Holst & David Sunding, 2004. "The economics of climate change in agriculture," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 9(4), pages 365-382, October.
    5. Holland, Stephen P. & Moore, Michael R., 2000. "Cadillac Desert Revisited: Property Rights, Public Policy, And Water-Resource Depletion In The American West," 2000 Annual meeting, July 30-August 2, Tampa, FL 21861, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    6. Mendelsohn, Robert & Dinar, Ariel, 1999. "Climate Change, Agriculture, and Developing Countries: Does Adaptation Matter?," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 14(2), pages 277-293, August.

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    JEL classification:

    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices

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