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- Title
Analysis of farm performance in Europe under different climatic and management conditions to improve understanding of adaptive capacity.
- Authors
Reidsma, Pytrik; Ewert, Frank; Lansink, Alfons Oude
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to improve understanding of the adaptive capacity of European agriculture to climate change. Extensive data on farm characteristics of individual farms from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) have been combined with climatic and socio-economic data to analyze the influence of climate and management on crop yields and income and to identify factors that determine adaptive capacity. A multilevel analysis was performed to account for regional differences in the studied relationships. Our results suggest that socio-economic conditions and farmcharacteristics should be considered when analyzing effects of climate conditions on farm yields and income. Next to climate, input intensity, economic size and the type of land use were identified as important factors influencing spatial variability in crop yields and income. Generally, crop yields and income are increasing with farm size and farm intensity. However, effects differed among crops and high crop yields were not always related to high incomes, suggesting that impacts of climate and management differ by impact variable. As farm characteristics influence climate impacts on crop yields and income, they are good indicators of adaptive capacity at farm level and should be considered in impact assessment models. Different farm types with different management strategies will adapt differently.
- Subjects
EUROPE; AGRICULTURAL climatology; CLIMATE change; FARM management &; the environment; REGIONAL disparities in agricultural productivity; CROP yields &; the environment; LAND use &; the environment; AGRICULTURAL meteorology; CLIMATE research; AGRICULTURAL ecology; SOIL productivity; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Climatic Change, 2007, Vol 84, Issue 3/4, p403
- ISSN
0165-0009
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10584-007-9242-7