Is agriculture prepared for the effects of climate change, including, in particular, the negative effects on agricultural crops of the ongoing process of global warming, the scale of which will increase in the future?
Since the beginning of the first industrial revolution, anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from human activities have been increasing. During this period, the average level of atmospheric temperature has also been rising as a result of the greenhouse effect generated by the accumulation of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the planet's atmosphere, including primarily methane, a particularly greenhouse gas. The said greenhouse effect is the source of climate change, the main element of which is the accelerating process of global warming. The accelerating process of global warming is causing many adverse effects on human existence and on the planet's biosphere. The negative effects of the accelerating process of global warming include increasingly severe droughts occurring more frequently and covering larger and larger land areas, shortages of drinking water appearing in more and more new areas in many parts of the various continents, violent storms with heavy downpours becoming more frequent in some places, soil barrenness, increasingly higher temperatures and heat in the summer, a decline in the biodiversity of natural ecosystems, and so on. The impact of these processes varies considerably across the world's land regions. For example, according to the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus program, i.e. the European Union's Earth observation program, Europe is the fastest warming continent. Since the beginning of the industrial age, the average temperature of the planet has risen by about 2.5 degrees C. Globally, the increase has been about 1 deg C lower. Also, the impact of the ongoing global warming process, i.e. the negative impact on individual industries and sectors of the economy, is and will also vary considerably. Agriculture, for example, is one of those sectors of the economy that will be particularly extremely negatively affected by the global warming process. Accordingly, in some countries, the agriculture carried out in the formula of traditional, intensive, production-intensive, unsustainable agriculture is already being converted to sustainable organic agriculture, which not only produces healthy and mainly or exclusively vegetable crops without the use of pesticides, herbicides and other chemical pesticides and fertilizers, and also applies the goals of sustainable development, the principles of the circular economy and generates energy from renewable and emission-free energy sources. In addition to the conversion of intensive-production formula agriculture to sustainable, emission-free organic farming, in some countries farms are already being prepared and hedged for the future scenario of deepening global warming in the coming years. In order to ensure that the level of crop yields does not drop significantly in the coming years, it is becoming necessary to build rainwater catchment facilities, building ponds and other retention tanks to collect rainwater. To this end, financial subsidies are offered to farmers from the state's public finance system for building such rainwater catching and collecting installations. In a situation where the green transformation of the economy is proceeding far too slowly relative to the needs, i.e. so as to quickly reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions and slow down the process of global warming, the potential negative scenario of failure to carry out the plan to stop the increase in the average temperature level of the planet's atmosphere at up to 1.5 degrees C (since the beginning of the first industrial revolution) should be considered highly probable. However, if possible, it is necessary to carry out the green transformation of the economy as quickly and efficiently as possible, so that the exceedance of the 1.5 deg C level is as low as possible and thus the escalation of the negative effects of the progressive global warming process is as low as possible. Since agriculture is one of those sectors that are most vulnerable to the negative effects of the progressive process of global warming, then in addition to the green transformation of agriculture that is being carried out, it is necessary to protect farms from the negative effects of climate change, which are steadily increasing from year to year, including increasingly frequent periods of drought, summer heat, weather anomalies, severe storms, etc., in a multifaceted way. In addition to this, it is also necessary to create new crop varieties that will be more resistant to the mentioned negative effects of climate change.
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In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
Is agriculture prepared for the effects of climate change, including, first and foremost, the negative effects on agricultural crops of the ongoing process of global warming, the scale of which will increase in the future?
Is agriculture prepared for the effects of climate change, the scale of which will increase in the future?
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This issue makes me think of Macroeconomics. I guess that we can refer to the methods of studying macoreconomics to find the answer of these questions.
Dariusz Prokopowicz , Such an important discussion. Personally, I believe that the readiness of agriculture to cope with the effects of climate change varies widely depending on factors such as geographic location, socio-economic conditions, technological advancements, and policy support. Regardless, while some agricultural systems have made significant progress in adapting to climate change, others remain vulnerable and inadequately prepared for the scale of future impacts. Therefore, I think that continued efforts to enhance adaptive capacity, promote sustainable practices, strengthen policy frameworks, and address underlying vulnerabilities are essential for ensuring the resilience of agricultural systems in the face of future climate impacts.
I think that the natural system of agriculture production will be drastically affected. This is because of open exposure to extreme temperatures causing shifts in availability of nutrients and effectiveness of photosynthesis, thus negatively influencing performance and production of crops. On the other hand, advanced technologies in farming and gene manipulation of crops to adapt to climate change are being developed which may provide some hope, though at a cost, and that may not be accessible to less developed or generally " poor third world" countries around the globe.
No se puede negar, y por el contrario es legítimo y justo reconocer los enormes esfuerzos de la Ciencia actual, no siempre respaldada por las posiciones políticas de los países, para mitigar y contrarrestar los efectos del inminente cambio climático sobre la agricultura y la ganadería. Sin embargo; cualquier estrategia debe tomar en cuenta delicadamente, las enormes diferencias entre los sistemas ecológicos de cada bioma por separado, y en base a esas características naturales y antropogénicas, se deben delinear mejores politicas de Gestion Integral de Riesgos, entre cuyos elementos están los Sistemas de Alerta Temprana de cada sitio geográfico.
Due to increased human population, day by day,climate is changing but people associated with agriculture even educated people are not worried about the causes of climate changes . That is why our future generations will suffer the consequences of this, which will not be good. In short, we can say that our agriculture is not prepared for the effects of climate change .
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