Will climate change benefit or hurt Russian grain production? A statistical evidence from a panel approach

Using recent advances in statistical crop yield modelling and a unique dataset consisting of yield time series for Russian regions over the period from 1955 to 2012, the study investigates the potential impact of climate change (CC) on the productivity of the three most important grains. Holding cur...

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Published in:Climatic change 2018-07, Vol.149 (2), p.205-217
Main Authors: Belyaeva, Maria, Bokusheva, Raushan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Aggregates
Agricultural production
Atmospheric Sciences
Barley
Climate change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Crop yield
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental impact
Grain
Impact damage
Mathematical models
Modelling
Productivity
Regions
Spring
Spring wheat
Wheat
Winter wheat
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Summary:Using recent advances in statistical crop yield modelling and a unique dataset consisting of yield time series for Russian regions over the period from 1955 to 2012, the study investigates the potential impact of climate change (CC) on the productivity of the three most important grains. Holding current grain growing areas fixed, the aggregate productivity of the three grains is predicted to decrease by 6.7% in 2046–2065 and increase by 2.6% in 2081–2100 compared to 1971–2000 under the most optimistic representative emission concentration pathway (RCP). Based on the projections for the three other RCPs, the aggregate productivity of the three studied crops is assessed to decrease by 18.0, 7.9 and 26.0% in the medium term and by 31.2, 25.9 and 55.4% by the end of the century. Our results indicate that CC might have a positive effect on winter wheat, spring wheat and spring barley productivity in a number of regions in the Northern and Siberian parts of Russia. However, due to the highly damaging CC impact on grain production in the most productive regions located in the South of the country, the overall impact tends to be negative. Therefore, a shift of agricultural production to the Northern regions of the country could reduce the negative impact of CC on grain production only to a limited extent. More vigorous adaptation measures are required to maintain current grain production volumes in Russia under CC.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1007/s10584-018-2221-3