Extreme weather events inWest Hungary

Agricultural production is a rather risky activity, as it is largely exposed to extreme weather events. This paper focuses on the frost and hail data in springtime, affecting fruit production in West Hungary. Regarding absolute minimum temperatures in April, significant increase of the standard deviations could be observed. Among the sites examined Nagykanizsa shows the highest risk values. According to our evaluation Nagykanizsa is not recommended to plant sour cherry, sweet cherry and apricot orchards because in some years spring frost will occur. If the plantation is in Zalaegerszeg, Szombathely, Gyôr or Keszthely than usage of frost prevention system is recommended. Siófok is the only area to grow apricot with good result.

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The variable impacts of extreme weather events on fruit production in subtropical Australia

Scientia Horticulturae ◽

10.1016/j.scienta.2019.109050 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 262 ◽

pp. 109050 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sabrina Haque ◽

Delwar Akbar ◽

Susan Kinnear

Keyword(s):

Extreme Weather ◽

Fruit Production ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Weather Events ◽

Subtropical Australia

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Identifying agricultural disaster risk zones for future climate actions

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0260430 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (12) ◽

pp. e0260430

Author(s):

Nkongho Ayuketang Arreyndip

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Production ◽

Strong Dependence ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Disaster Risk ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Trade Network ◽

Weather Events ◽

Sub Saharan

Identifying agricultural disaster risk regions before the occurrence of climate-related disasters is critical for early mitigation planning. This paper aims to identify these regions based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the bilateral and multilateral trade network data of the World Integrated Trade Solution(WITS) and the agent-based economic model Acclimate. By applying a uniform forcing across agricultural sectors of some breadbasket regions (US, EU and China), when single and simultaneous extreme weather events occur, such as the 2018 European heatwave, production and consumption value losses and gains are calculated at regional and global levels. Comparing the FAO data sets, WITS, and Acclimate’s production value losses, the results show a strong dependence of agricultural production losses on a region’s output and connectivity level in the global supply and trade network. While India, Brazil, Russia, Canada, Australia, and Iran are highly vulnerable, the imposition of export restrictions to compensate for demand shortfalls makes Sub-Saharan Africa the most vulnerable region, as it is heavily dependent on agricultural imports. In addition, simultaneous extreme weather events can exacerbate the loss of value of agricultural production relative to single extreme weather events. Agricultural practices to increase production such as smart farming, increased investment in plantation agriculture, and diversification of trading partners can help mitigate future food security risks in Sub-Saharan Africa and other agricultural import-dependent regions.

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Adapting sweet cherry orchards to extreme weather events – Decision Analysis in support of farmers' investments in Central Chile

Agricultural Systems ◽

10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103031 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 187 ◽

pp. 103031

Author(s):

Gonzalo Rojas ◽

Eduardo Fernandez ◽

Cory Whitney ◽

Eike Luedeling ◽

Italo F. Cuneo

Keyword(s):

Decision Analysis ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Central Chile ◽

Weather Events

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THE EFFECT OF ADAPTATION PRACTICES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BY FARMING HOUSEHOLD. A CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW

International Journal of Climatic Studies ◽

10.47604/ijcs.1195 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

James Kimani

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Crop Diversification ◽

Weather Events ◽

Farming Household ◽

Adaptation Practices

Purpose: Climate change can disrupt food availability, reduce access to food, and affect food quality. Projected increases in temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in extreme weather events, and reductions in water availability may all result in reduced agricultural productivity. Increases in the frequency and severity extreme weather events can also interrupt food delivery, and resulting spikes in food prices after extreme events are expected to be more frequent in the future. Increasing temperatures can contribute to spoilage and contamination. The general objective of the study was to establish the effect of Adaptation practices to climate change and its impact on agricultural production by farming household. Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps. Findings: The study found out the locals households prefer multiple adaptation strategies to counter the effects of climate variability and change. The current local adaptation strategies include crop, diversification, shifting planting dates, off farm jobs and diversifying from farm to non – farm activities. However majority of the respondents employ crop diversification as the main adaptation strategy. For the locals’ crop diversification does, to an extent, guarantees good harvests although there are years in which farmers report total crop losses Recommendations: The study recommends that policy efforts should be directed at enforcing adaptation measures of climate change in order to boost agricultural production

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Frost and drought: effects of extreme weather events on stem carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean beech forest

10.1101/806026 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Ettore D’Andrea ◽

Negar Rezaie ◽

Peter Prislan ◽

Jozica Gričar ◽

Jan Muhr ◽

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Keyword(s):

Radial Growth ◽

Beech Forest ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Stressful Event ◽

Summer Drought ◽

Spring Frost ◽

Weather Events ◽

Late Spring Frost ◽

Late Frost

SummaryThe effects of short-term extreme events on tree functioning and physiology are still rather elusive. European beech is one of the most sensitive species to late frost and water shortage. We investigated the intra-annual C dynamics in stems under such conditions.Wood formation and stem CO2 efflux were monitored in a Mediterranean beech forest for three years (2015–2017), including a late frost (2016) and a summer drought (2017).The late frost reduced radial growth and, consequently, the amount of carbon fixed in the stem biomass by 80%. Stem carbon efflux in 2016 was reduced by 25%, which can be attributed to the reduction of effluxes due to growth respiration. Counter to our expectations, we found no effects of the 2017 summer drought on radial growth and stem carbon efflux.The studied extreme weather events had various effects on tree growth. Even though late spring frost had a devastating impact on beech radial growth in the current year, trees fully recovered in the following growing season, indicating high resilience of beech to this stressful event.

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Agricultural disaster management and contingency planning to meet the challenges of extreme weather events

MAUSAM ◽

10.54302/mausam.v67i1.1173 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 155-168

Author(s):

A. K. SIKKA ◽

B. BAPUJI RAO ◽

V. U. M. RAO

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Production ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Climate Extremes ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

Summer Monsoon Rainfall ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Contingency Planning ◽

Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽

Weather Extremes ◽

Weather Events

Natural disasters of hydro-meteorological nature are playing a key role in the economic development of India. Agricultural production in India is largely dependent on the performance of summer monsoon rainfall. Apart from its spatial and temporal variability, several climatic anomalies / extremes attaining disastrous form at times were found to influence the country's agricultural production. Nature and magnitude of climate extremes that frequent India are presented with their history and region of occurrence. Droughts and floods are found to be paramount. Of late, hailstorms, cold and heat wave conditions are also exerting considerable influence on field and orchard crops. Trends in extreme events, their frequency and effects on crops are discussed. Regions in the country prone to be sensitive to the various weather extremes are presented. Management strategies and contingency planning to be adopted to cope-up the weather extremes are elucidated. Few case studies on the successful strategies adopted at the field level to cope-up extreme weather events under National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) program are reported.

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