Title: Climate change and world agriculture /
Authors: Parry, M. L.; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.; United Nations Environment Programme
Date: 1990
Publisher: Earthscan in association with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [and] United Nations Environment Programme,
Physical description: xv, 157 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: S
Contents: The sensitivity of agriculture to climate -- Possible changes of climate -- Methods of assessing impacts of climatic change -- Effects on plants, soil, pests and diseases -- Effects on agricultural potential -- Effects on production and land use -- Implications for global food security -- Adapting to climatic change -- Conclusions.
Notes: "An Earthscan original"--Back cover.
Subject headings (LCSH): Agricultural ecology.; Climatic changes; Crops and climate.; Global warming.; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.