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Title Looking beyond the horizon : how climate change impacts and adaptation responses will reshape agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / William R. Sutton, Jitendra P. Srivastava, and James E. Neumann
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 177 pages)
Series Directions in development. Agriculture and rural development
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Agriculture and rural development.
Contents Agriculture and adaptive capacities in Albania, Moldova, FYR Macedonia and Uzbekistan -- Framework & program design -- Risks, impacts, & adaptation menus for Albania, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, & Uzbekistan -- Key findings and cross-country insights -- A new approach to choosing & prioritizing adaptation options
Summary Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In many countries, such as the fourexamined in Looking Beyond the Horizon, the risks of climate change are an immediate and fundamentalproblem because the majority of the rural population depends either directly or indirectly on agriculture forits livelihood. The risks of climate change to agriculture cannot be eff ectively dealt with-and the opportunities cannot beeff ectively exploited-without a clear plan for aligning agricultural policies with climate change, developingthe capabilities of key agricultural institutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Crops and climate -- Europe, Eastern
Crops and climate -- Asia, Central
Climatic changes -- Europe, Eastern
Climatic changes -- Asia, Central
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Climatic changes
Crops and climate
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Sutton, William R., 1967-
Srivastava, Jitendra, 1940-
Neumann, James E., 1962-
LC no. 2012047954
ISBN 0821397699
9780821397695
Other Titles How climate change impacts and adaptation responses will reshape agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia