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Food & Climate 

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Introduction

Providing sufficient food for the world's people is becoming more difficult as the population exceeds 6 billion and as land, water, and ecosystems resources are degraded through overuse. Changes in the global pattern of supply and demand may have far reaching consequences because of the interdependence of the world's food systems.

 

 

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As we said in the introduction to the basic level on Food and Climate there is now concern that changes in climate in different regions due to global warming have the potential for affecting food production, crop pests and diseases, and production costs. The negative impacts are expected to fall disproportionately on the poor.

In this second level we will talk about the evolution of agriculture in the past and how it will change in the future due to the new conditions of climate. We will talk about the importance of the use of models in order to predict how the future will be and what we can do to change the actual conditions in order to avoid undesired impacts.

The third chapter on Drought in the Mediterranean is used as an example of a very vulnerable area to climate change and how models have been used to predict the future that might affect agriculture and other economical sectors.

1. Past and present

- Crops
- Weeds, Diseases and Pests
- Major historical climate events have affected food production
* Worksheet 1.
* Worksheet 2.
* Worksheet 3.

2. Predicting the future

- Realities and uncertainties
- Global change
- Case study in Egypt
- Case study in Spain
* Worksheet 1.
* Worksheet 2.
* Worksheet 3.

3. Drought in the Mediterranean

- Why is drought an important issue in the Mediterranean countries?
- Drought driving factors
- Use of climate information for drought management and early warning systems
* Worksheet 1.
* Worksheet 2.
* Worksheet 3.

Author:  Marta Moneo and Ana Iglesias- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - España
1. Scientific reviewer: Alex de Sherbinin - CIESIN, Columbia University - USA
2. Scientific reviewer: Lily Parshall - Goddard Institute for space studies, Columbia University - USA
Educational reviewer: Emilio Sternfeld - Colegio Virgen de Mirasierra - España
Last update: 12/05/2004

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