Impact of Climate Change, Weather Extremes, and Price Risk on Global Food Supply
By Paul Homewood
The latest junk science:
ABSTRACT
We analyze the determinants of global crop production for maize, wheat, rice, and soybeans over the period 1961–2013. Using seasonal production data and price change and price volatility information at country level, as well as future climate data from 32 global circulation models, we project that climate change could reduce global crop production by 9% in the 2030s and by 23% in the 2050s. Climate change leads to 1–3% higher annual fluctuations of global crop production over the next four decades. We find strong, positive and statistically significant supply response to changing prices for all four crops. However, output price volatility, which signals risk to producers, reduces the supply of these key global agricultural staple crops—especially for wheat and maize. We find that climate change has significant adverse effects on production of the world’s key staple crops. Especially, weather extremes— in terms of shocks in both temperature and precipitation— during crop growing months have detrimental impacts on the production of the abovementioned food crops. Weather extremes also exacerbate the year-to-year fluctuations of food availability, and thus may further increase price volatility with its adverse impacts on production and poor consumers. Combating climate change using both mitigation and adaptation technologies is therefore crucial for global production and hence food security.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs41885-017-0005-2
Meanwhile back in the real world:
http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#compare
Thankfully farmers live in the real world, not a junk scientist’s model.
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Another “given global warming, . . . ” study.
‘as well as future climate data from 32 global circulation models’
WTF ‘future data?’
32? Why not one correct one? Averaging junk doesn’t produce good data.
“I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.” – Thomas Carlyle
I believe that this study offers proof of the theory that the world is going to hell in a hand cart.
Maybe it is just McKay’s Madness of Crowds in action.
“Economics of Disasters and Climate Change”. What a name for a journal. Time is out of joint.
Meanwhile, in the world of actual, present data, tropical cyclones seem to be an endangered species:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=accumulated+tropical+cyclone+energy+maue&qs=HS&sk=HS4&sc=8-0&cvid=65D71A1943E943DEA1AE26C938FDE19A&FORM=QBLH&sp=5
(O.K. cue Florida being washed away tomorrow. But will anyone miss it?)
Another try at the link:
http://models.weatherbell.com/tropical.php
That Springer journal about Disasters? All articles will be free this year and next.
http://www.springer.com/economics/environmental/journal/41885
One of those “Honey I ran the climate model” papers. Not sure how these things get into the journals. A disgrace.
“Key words”
In my time, it’s been my displeasure to have to read some clutching at complaisant delusion, halfwit meanderings filled with non sequiturs, most of it spewing from the mouths of illiterate children bedazzled and beholden to, the great scam.
“weather extremes” …………….WTF?
How, someone please explain to me how mankind can even begin to attempt mitigation of “weather extremes” and I will show you heaven and Bradford city made premier league champions, a champions league double – oh and throw in the FA cup – TRIPLE and no, I don’t support the barmy Bantams, I merely think the impossible…….. and tony blair doing time for war crimes and george soros recants, lightning hits Loch ness monster, the UK labour party have a revelation and support supply side economic reform and small government.
On the MACRO SCALE……………necessity is allied to, the mothers of survival, Man ‘we’ adapt to nature, not the other way around and besides over the last circa 150 years all due to, a very gently warming atmosphere food grows abundantly and that is beneficial – ain’t it!
And the change in productivity has been ??
Reblogged this on Climate Collections.
Where’s the historic plot of CO2 vs time? Methinks it looks a lot like the crop histories.
Now there is a correlation and a causation. Strange that the Media ignore it? Not!
Meanwhile, looks like another great growing season in the US Cornbelt, with lots of rain and warm temperatures. Not in the bin yet, but at present time, not a hint of drought. There has not been even the slightest trend toward weather related crop reduction, so what is their basis for predicting that? There is none in the real world.
The major price risk thus far is if the USA’s major wheat, and many other crop, regions do not get a good warm summer soon, the the USA will fall short on exports pushing up world prices.