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Reducing the Vulnerability of Armenia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change - Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options (Paperback)
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Reducing the Vulnerability of Armenia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change - Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options (Paperback)
Series: World Bank Studies
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Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic
sectors. Armenia is one of the many countries where the majority of
the rural population depends on agriculture - directly or
indirectly - for their livelihood. Further, changes in climate and
their impacts on agricultural systems and rural economies are
already evident throughout Europe and Central Asia. The risks
associated with climate change therefore pose an immediate and
fundamental problem in the country. Adaptation measures now in use
in Armenia, largely piecemeal efforts, will be insufficient to
prevent impacts on agricultural production over the coming decades.
As a result, there is growing interest at country and development
partner levels to have a better understanding of the exposure,
sensitivities, and impacts of climate change at the farm level, and
to develop and prioritise adaptation measures to mitigate the
adverse consequences. Beginning in 2009, the World Bank embarked on
a programme for selected Eastern Europe and Central Asian (ECA)
client countries to enhance their ability to mainstream climate
change adaptation into agricultural policies, programmes, and
investments. This multi-stage effort has included activities to
raise awareness of the threat, analyse potential impacts and
adaptation responses, and build capacity among client country
stakeholders and ECA Bank staff with respect to climate change and
the agricultural sector. This study, Reducing the Vulnerability of
Armenia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change, is the
culmination of efforts by the Armenian institutions and
researchers, the World Bank, and a team of international experts to
jointly undertake an analytical study to address potential impacts
climate change may have on Armenia's agricultural sector, but, more
importantly, to develop a list of prioritised measures to adapt to
those impacts. Specifically, this study provides a menu of options
for climate change adaptation in the agricultural and water
resources sectors, along with specific recommended actions that are
tailored to distinct agricultural regions within Armenia. These
recommendations reflect the results of three inter-related
activities, conducted jointly by the expert team and local
partners: 1) quantitative economic modeling of baseline conditions
and the effects of certain adaptation options; 2) qualitative
analysis conducted by the expert team of agronomists, crop
modellers, and water resource experts; and 3) input from a series
of participatory workshops for farmers in each of the agricultural
regions.
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