Opportunities for Crop Research, Development and Adoption to Drive Transformative Adaptation in Agriculture
(2020) In Working Paper p.1-23- Abstract
- Climate change is already affecting crop production, and in some cases is undermining the viability of current crop systems.
Crop research and development plays a critical role in developing the technologies and practices farmers need to maximize productivity and manage the increasing risks they face. This paper investigates how transformative adaptation - long-term, systemic change to fundamental aspects of systems in response to or anticipation of severe climate change impacts – can be sped up and scaled through crop research and development.
The paper explains why transformative adaptation is needed in cropping systems, how seeds systems play a key role in these systemic shifts, and what changes are needed in crop... (More) - Climate change is already affecting crop production, and in some cases is undermining the viability of current crop systems.
Crop research and development plays a critical role in developing the technologies and practices farmers need to maximize productivity and manage the increasing risks they face. This paper investigates how transformative adaptation - long-term, systemic change to fundamental aspects of systems in response to or anticipation of severe climate change impacts – can be sped up and scaled through crop research and development.
The paper explains why transformative adaptation is needed in cropping systems, how seeds systems play a key role in these systemic shifts, and what changes are needed in crop research and development to enable climate-resilient transformations. The paper concludes by providing recommendations for researchers, policymakers, and adaptation funding entities. (Less)
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- author
- Niles, Meredith T. ; Ferdinand, Tyler ; Choularton, Richard LU and Carter, Rebecca
- publishing date
- 2020-10
- type
- Working paper/Preprint
- publication status
- published
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- in
- Working Paper
- pages
- 24 pages
- publisher
- WRI World Resources Institute
- DOI
- 10.46830/wriwp.18.00094
- language
- English
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- 7f552840-8ab1-4abb-8dbe-f9abcc31ba6c
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