Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada

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Farming in a Changing Climate

Agricultural Adaptation in Canada

Edited by: Ellen Wall , Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2008

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In farming systems across Canada, effective risk management is necessary to deal with drought, flooding, and extreme weather, and to adapt to altered climate and weather conditions. Unfortunately, climate change risks and opportunities are not always well understood among researchers and policy makers in the Canadian agri-food sector. This book addresses that gap by providing a wide-ranging synopsis of what climate change means for Canadian agriculture, exploring different approaches to the topic, and presenting examples of current research. It covers all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems. This comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture.

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Ellen Wall is a research scientist in environmental sciences; Barry Smit is a professor of geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change; and Johanna Wandel is a postdoctoral research associate with the Department of Geography – all at the University of Guelph. The authors/editors are also members of the Advisory Committee for C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture).

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This timely collection will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and agriculturalists throughout North America and beyond. It offers both a comprehensive collection of recent research on the vulnerability of Canadian farming systems to climate change and a thorough and articulate presentation of the breadth of concepts and methods currently employed in climate change vulnerability assessments.

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Contents
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Figures and Tables
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Abbreviations
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Research Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
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Introduction
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Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel
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Impact-Based Approach
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Michael Brklacich, Barry Smit, Ellen Wall and Johanna Wandel
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Context-Based Approach
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Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel
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Process-Based Approach
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Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall and Barry Smit
Impact-Based Studies
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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Eastern Canada
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Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma and Daniel McKenney
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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairies
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David Sauchyn
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Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes
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Denise Neilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, Younes Alila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton and Bill Taylor
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Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: Conceptualizing Multiple Risks in Primary Agriculture
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Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in the Canadian Prairies
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Henry David Venema
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Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South Saskatchewan River Basin
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Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier
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The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability in Québec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change
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Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh and Pierre André
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Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change
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Suzanne Belliveau, Ben Bradshaw and Barry Smit
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Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in Southwestern Ontario Farming Systems
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Susanna Reid, Suzanne Belliveau, Barry Smit and Wayne Caldwell
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Community-Based Watershed Management as an Agricultural Adaptation to Climatic Extremes in the Canadian Prairies
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R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and David Waltner-Toews
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Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-Related Rural Population Change: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years
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Robert A. McLeman
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Policy Implications: Panellists’ Comments
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Ellen Wall, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel
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Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for Canadian Agriculture
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Ellen Wall and Barry Smit
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References
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Contributors
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Index
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Farming in a Changing Climate

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Front Matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Impact-Based Approach

Context-Based Approach

Process-Based Approach

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Eastern Canada

Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairies

Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using Climate Change Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes

Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: Conceptualizing Multiple Risks in Primary Agriculture

Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in the Canadian Prairies

Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South Saskatchewan River Basin

The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability in Québec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change

Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in Southwestern Ontario Farming Systems

Community-Based Watershed Management as an Agricultural Adaptation to Climatic Extremes in the Canadian Prairies

Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-Related Rural Population Change: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years

Policy Implications: Panellists’ Comments

Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for Canadian Agriculture

References

Contributors

Index

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