Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation
- ISBN-10
- 0896295354
- ISBN-13
- 9780896295353
- Series
- Climate Change
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Intl Food Policy Res Inst
- Authors
- Lee, Richard, David
Description
This Food Policy Report presents research results that quantify the climate-change impacts mentioned above, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being.
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