Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (S1): 29-32.

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Impact of Climate Warming on Agricultural Production and Food Security in Shanxi

DU Shun-yi1.2,WANG Zhi-wei1.3,GUO Mu-ping3,LI Dong2(1.Institute of Lanzhou Arid Meteorology,Lanzhou 730020,China;2.Meteorological Bureau of Shanxi Province,Taiyuan 030002;3.Shanxi Climate Centre,Taiyuan 030006)   

  • Online:2009-12-15 Published:2009-12-15

Abstract: With climate warming,extreme weather climate events increased,and the risk of food production increased too.In last 50 years in Shanxi,climate warming and precipitation decreasing were higher than the national average,which indicated that severe climate changing and serious impact on agricultural production.It is important to take climate change adaptation as a priority strategy,improve agricultural production and ensure food security.First of all,we should make efforts to ease the disasters of extreme weather and the impact of adverse climate on food production,take effective measures to increase natural disasters resist ability on agriculture.Secondly,we should strengthen the groundwater resources protection and reduce crops area which irrigated with underground water.According to the climate characteristics of Shanxi,increasing maize and potato and reducing winter wheat were suggested.Thirdly,we should take good policies and measures to guide farmers,such as using more organic manure instead of chemical fertilizer.Thus,agricultural investment would reduce and the resources would be saved,the quality of cultivated land would improve continuously and the development would be sustainable.

Key words: Climate warming, Food security, Impacts