Analysis of farm performance in Europe under different climatic and management conditions to improve understanding of adaptive capacity

By Pytrik Reidsma, Frank Ewert, A. Oude Lansink. 2007

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The aim of this paper is to improve understanding of the adaptive capacity of European agriculture to climate change. Extensive data on farm characteristics of individual farms from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) have been combined with climatic and socio-economic data to analyze the influence of climate and management on crop yields and income and to identify factors that determine adaptive capacity. A multilevel analysis was performed to account for regional differences in the studied relationships. Our results suggest that socio-economic conditions and farm characteristics should be considered when analyzing effects of climate conditions on farm yields and income. Next to climate, input intensity, economic size and the type of land use were identified as important factors influencing spatial variability in crop yields and income. Generally, crop yields and income are increasing with farm size and farm intensity. However, effects differed among crops and high crop yields were not always related to high incomes, suggesting that impacts of climate and management differ by impact variable. As farm characteristics influence climate impacts on crop yields and income, they are good indicators of adaptive capacity at farm level and should be considered in impact assessment models. Different farm types with different management strategies will adapt differently.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science

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Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food crops in China (1961–2001) (2009, background): “The importance of socio-economic context is further backed up by literature that shows what conditions enable farmers to create more or less robust agricultural systems (Fraser, 2003, 2006, 2007; Mendelsohn, 2007; Mendelsohn et al., 2007; Reidsma et al., 2007; Sullivan and Meigh, 2005).”
Drivers of changes in agricultural intensity in Europe (2016, methodology): “Similarly, high elevation and less-favoured areas were negatively associated with crop yields, while temperature and precipitation were often related to yields in concave ways (Reidsma et al., 2010, 2007).”
The yield gap of global grain production: A spatial analysis (2010, background): “Several regional and global studies have identified factors which determine land management and intensification (Tilman, 1999; Kerr and Cihlar, 2003; Keys and McConnell, 2005; Reidsma et al., 2007).”
Crops and climate change: progress, trends, and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation. (2009, background): “Recent studies have analysed relationships between farm characteristics and yield variability (Reidsma et al., 2007, 2009b) across regions in Europe.”
Vulnerability and adaptation of European farmers: a multi-level analysis of yield and income responses to climate variability (2009, methodology): “Assessments for European agriculture suggest that in northern Europe crop yields increase and possibilities for new crops and varieties emerge (Olesen and Bindi 2002; Ewert et al. 2005).”