Evaluating the bidirectional nexus between climate change and agriculture from a global perspective

Fofack, Achille Dargaud and Derick, Enow Asu (2020) Evaluating the bidirectional nexus between climate change and agriculture from a global perspective. Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA) (Malaysia), 4. pp. 40-43. ISSN 2521-2931

Understanding the complex and dynamic nexus between climate change and agriculture has become crucial for our civilization. Thus, this paper aims at estimating the impact of those two concepts on one another using world data spanning from 1980 to 2018. On the one hand, the results show that the rising sea level inherent to climate change has a positive and significant impact on arable land and a negative and significant impact on livestock production. It is also found that rising sea level and global temperature constitute significant obstacles to crop production while a surge in greenhouse gas emissions significantly boosts it. On the other hand, the paper reveals that livestock production significantly increases greenhouse gas emissions while agricultural activities –crop production, livestock production and arable land– are found to have a negative and significant impact on global temperature. Finally, as agriculture is both a cause and a victim of climate change, some adaptation (shift in farming timing, intercropping) and mitigation (carbon sequestration, organic farming) strategies are recommended.

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Abstract

Understanding the complex and dynamic nexus between climate change and agriculture has become crucial for our civilization. Thus, this paper aims at estimating the impact of those two concepts on one another using world data spanning from 1980 to 2018. On the one hand, the results show that the rising sea level inherent to climate change has a positive and significant impact on arable land and a negative and significant impact on livestock production. It is also found that rising sea level and global temperature constitute significant obstacles to crop production while a surge in greenhouse gas emissions significantly boosts it. On the other hand, the paper reveals that livestock production significantly increases greenhouse gas emissions while agricultural activities –crop production, livestock production and arable land– are found to have a negative and significant impact on global temperature. Finally, as agriculture is both a cause and a victim of climate change, some adaptation (shift in farming timing, intercropping) and mitigation (carbon sequestration, organic farming) strategies are recommended.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	arable land
AGROVOC Term:	crop production
AGROVOC Term:	livestock
AGROVOC Term:	agriculture
AGROVOC Term:	intercropping
AGROVOC Term:	carbon sequestration
AGROVOC Term:	adaptation
AGROVOC Term:	mitigation
AGROVOC Term:	climate change
AGROVOC Term:	greenhouse gas emissions
Geographical Term:	Cyprus
Depositing User:	Mr. Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	05 May 2026 07:35
Last Modified:	05 May 2026 07:35
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3889

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