Managing Climate Change Risk in China’s Agricultural Sector: The Potential for an Integrated Risk Management Framework
2014
Kevin Z. Chen , Claire Hsu (Key Laboratory of Agri-Informatics, Ministry of Agriculture/ Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100081, P.R.China E-mail: [email protected])
Climate change poses a serious threat to the future food security of China, which is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. This paper discusses the implications of climate change for China’s agricultural sector. Its main objectives are to identify the agricultural risks associated with climate change, to introduce a conceptual framework for agricultural climate risk management and to enumerate key adaptation strategies, challenges, and recommendations.
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