Building resilience for adaptation to climate change
in the agriculture sector

Proceedings of a Joint FAO/OECD Workshop 23–24 April 2012

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2012

ABSTRACT

Globally, climactic conditions are increasingly variable, and the intensity of their effects stronger. As climate change brings new uncertainties, risks and changes to already existing risks, one of the most efficient ways for agriculture to adapt is increasing its resilience.
In April 2012, the joint FAO/OECD Workshop on "Building Resilience for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector" was held to address these issues in different agro-ecological and socio-economic contexts, and to illustrate how building resilience is critical to adapting to climate change.
The various sessions of the Workshop questioned the notion of resilience from very different angles, confronting concepts, specific risk management strategies, case studies and national policies, from different perspectives– biophysical, economic, or social and institutional – and at various scales, from farm and household to national and global. This publication is a compilation of the papers presented at the Workshop, and the Workshop Summary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Agenda Summary report and main conclusions Opening remarks (FAO) Modibo Traore Opening remarks (OECD) Dale Andrew
Papers presented
Agriculture and climate change – overview
Risks, vulnerabilities and resilience in a context of climate change
The assessment of climate change-related vulnerability in the agricultural sector: reviewing conceptual frameworks
Climate change and animal health
Climate risk assessment and management in agriculture
Coping with changes in cropping systems: plant pests and seeds
Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the fisheries and aquaculture sector
Building resilience for adaptation to climate change through sustainable forest management
A comparative study of risk management in agriculture under climate change
The assessment of the socio-economic impacts of climate change at household level and policy implications
The urgency to support resilient livelihoods: FAO Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security Framework Programme
Agriculture in National Adaptation Programmes of Action
The role of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Crop production in a northern climate
A broad overview of the main problems derived from climate change that will affect agricultural production in the Mediterranean area
Crop–livestock production systems in the Sahel – increasing resilience for adaptation to climate change and preserving food security
Rice in Southeast Asia: facing risks and vulnerabilities to respond to climate change
Country presentations
Perspectives on risk management as climate change adaptation measure in Italian agriculture
The resiliency of the Canadian crop insurance system under climate change: testing quantitative methods
Exploring adaptation of agriculture to climate change: policy choices and resiliency
Towards climate-resilient agriculture: the Dutch touch
The EU agricultural policy – delivering on adaptation to climate change
The Swiss climate strategy for agriculture at a glance
Japanese adaptation policy and the analysis and mapping of impacts under Climate Change for Adaptation and Food Security Project
Australia's Carbon Farming Initiative
Agricultural response to a changing climate: the role of economics and policy in the United States of America

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