TY - EJOUR AB - Impacts on Australian agriculture of projected climate change are likely to be spatially and temporally diverse, with many regions likely to experience increased downside risk in agricultural production. Some regions, such as south-west Australia, are projected to be particularly at risk of adverse outcomes associated with climate change. The rate and extent of warming, along with impacts on rainfall distributions, are key determinants of agricultural impacts and will affect the success of adaptation strategies. The likely gradual unfolding of climate change should provide farmers in many regions and industries with sufficient time to utilise or develop adaptation strategies. Many of these strategies are likely to be based on farmers’ current responses to climate variability. Investments in R&D and innovation could be important ingredients in facilitating farmers’ adaptation to climate change. Farmers are likely to face additional costs of capital adjustment due to climate change. Investment in long-lived climate-dependent agricultural assets such as irrigation infrastructure, vineyards and agroforestry will become more problematic. Investing in ecological assets in rural regions, especially where these assets may become stranded by climate change, also will be increasingly problematic. AU - Kingwell, Ross S. DA - 2006 DA - 2006 DO - ISSN 1442-6951 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.126110 DO - Other DO - doi ED - Malcolm, Bill ED - Wright, Vic ED - editor ED - editor ID - 126110 JF - Australasian Agribusiness Review KW - Agribusiness KW - Crop Production/Industries KW - Environmental Economics and Policy KW - Farm Management KW - Food Security and Poverty KW - Land Economics/Use KW - Livestock Production/Industries KW - Political Economy KW - Productivity Analysis KW - Climate change KW - Australia KW - agricultural impacts KW - agricultural adaptation KW - agricultural production KW - south-west Australia KW - warming KW - rainfall distributions KW - adaptation strategies KW - R&D KW - innovation KW - costs KW - assets L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126110/files/Kingwell.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126110/files/Kingwell.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126110/files/Kingwell.pdf LA - eng LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126110/files/Kingwell.pdf N2 - Impacts on Australian agriculture of projected climate change are likely to be spatially and temporally diverse, with many regions likely to experience increased downside risk in agricultural production. Some regions, such as south-west Australia, are projected to be particularly at risk of adverse outcomes associated with climate change. The rate and extent of warming, along with impacts on rainfall distributions, are key determinants of agricultural impacts and will affect the success of adaptation strategies. The likely gradual unfolding of climate change should provide farmers in many regions and industries with sufficient time to utilise or develop adaptation strategies. Many of these strategies are likely to be based on farmers’ current responses to climate variability. Investments in R&D and innovation could be important ingredients in facilitating farmers’ adaptation to climate change. Farmers are likely to face additional costs of capital adjustment due to climate change. Investment in long-lived climate-dependent agricultural assets such as irrigation infrastructure, vineyards and agroforestry will become more problematic. Investing in ecological assets in rural regions, especially where these assets may become stranded by climate change, also will be increasingly problematic. PY - 2006 PY - 2006 T1 - Climate change in Australia: agricultural impacts and adaptation TI - Climate change in Australia: agricultural impacts and adaptation UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126110/files/Kingwell.pdf VL - 14 Y1 - 2006 T2 - Australasian Agribusiness Review T2 - Volume 14 T2 - Paper 1 ER -