Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector
The Kingdom of Bhutan is nestled in the Himalayas, sharing borders with India to the south and China to the north. The country is a net carbon sink and has committed to ensuring that 60% of its total land area will remain as forest. Despite efforts to encourage sustainable economic growth at the...
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| author | Parker, Louis Guerten, Nora Nguyen, Than Thi Rinzin, Chimi Tashi, Dawa Wangchuk, Dorji Bajgai, Yadunath Subedi, Kiran Phuntsho, Loday Thinley, Namgay Chhogyel, Ngawang Gyalmo, Tasho Katwal, Tirtha B. Zangpo, Tshelthrim Acharya, Sagar Pradhan, Sangita Penjor, Sonam |
| author_browse | Acharya, Sagar Bajgai, Yadunath Chhogyel, Ngawang Guerten, Nora Gyalmo, Tasho Katwal, Tirtha B. Nguyen, Than Thi Parker, Louis Penjor, Sonam Phuntsho, Loday Pradhan, Sangita Rinzin, Chimi Subedi, Kiran Tashi, Dawa Thinley, Namgay Wangchuk, Dorji Zangpo, Tshelthrim |
| author_facet | Parker, Louis Guerten, Nora Nguyen, Than Thi Rinzin, Chimi Tashi, Dawa Wangchuk, Dorji Bajgai, Yadunath Subedi, Kiran Phuntsho, Loday Thinley, Namgay Chhogyel, Ngawang Gyalmo, Tasho Katwal, Tirtha B. Zangpo, Tshelthrim Acharya, Sagar Pradhan, Sangita Penjor, Sonam |
| author_sort | Parker, Louis |
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| description | The Kingdom of Bhutan is nestled in the Himalayas, sharing borders with India to the south and
China to the north. The country is a net carbon sink and has committed to ensuring that 60% of
its total land area will remain as forest. Despite efforts to encourage sustainable economic
growth at the national level, the impacts of climate change, driven partly by the global
greenhouse gas emissions, will continue to affect Bhutan. The agricultural sector, which
employs about 69% of the total population, is the most vulnerable to the changing climate.
There is need to identify which crops may become unsuitable under climate projections and,
equally, which crops may offer new opportunities to rural communities. A joint study by the
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry (MoAF), funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was
undertaken to assess the impacts of climate change on five key crops (i.e. rice, maize, potato,
chili and tomato) and three diversification crops (i.e. quinoa, kiwi and cardamom).
The results of the study will help decision makers identify which areas may require interventions
due to the imminent loss of climate suitability for the crops. Equally, the results can be used to
provide input on suitable locations to test the diversification crops and potential areas for
expansion of the key crops. The analysis was undertaken using the most up-to-date climate
models and an ecological niche model and was analyzed in ArcGIS. It was a collaborative study,
which included a 2-week capacity building workshop between CIAT and MoAF and an
additional case study to integrate knowledge on gender and climate change. |
| format | Artículo preliminar |
| id | CGSpace80918 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publishDateRange | 2017 |
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| spelling | CGSpace809182024-01-09T09:52:46Z Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector Parker, Louis Guerten, Nora Nguyen, Than Thi Rinzin, Chimi Tashi, Dawa Wangchuk, Dorji Bajgai, Yadunath Subedi, Kiran Phuntsho, Loday Thinley, Namgay Chhogyel, Ngawang Gyalmo, Tasho Katwal, Tirtha B. Zangpo, Tshelthrim Acharya, Sagar Pradhan, Sangita Penjor, Sonam climate change agriculture food security crop modelling capacity building gender bhutan The Kingdom of Bhutan is nestled in the Himalayas, sharing borders with India to the south and China to the north. The country is a net carbon sink and has committed to ensuring that 60% of its total land area will remain as forest. Despite efforts to encourage sustainable economic growth at the national level, the impacts of climate change, driven partly by the global greenhouse gas emissions, will continue to affect Bhutan. The agricultural sector, which employs about 69% of the total population, is the most vulnerable to the changing climate. There is need to identify which crops may become unsuitable under climate projections and, equally, which crops may offer new opportunities to rural communities. A joint study by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoAF), funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was undertaken to assess the impacts of climate change on five key crops (i.e. rice, maize, potato, chili and tomato) and three diversification crops (i.e. quinoa, kiwi and cardamom). The results of the study will help decision makers identify which areas may require interventions due to the imminent loss of climate suitability for the crops. Equally, the results can be used to provide input on suitable locations to test the diversification crops and potential areas for expansion of the key crops. The analysis was undertaken using the most up-to-date climate models and an ecological niche model and was analyzed in ArcGIS. It was a collaborative study, which included a 2-week capacity building workshop between CIAT and MoAF and an additional case study to integrate knowledge on gender and climate change. 2017-05-08 2017-05-08T19:46:20Z 2017-05-08T19:46:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80918 en Open Access application/pdf Parker, Louis; Guerten, Nora;Nguyen, Than Thi ;Rinzin, Chimi ;Tashi, Dawa ;Wangchuk, Dorji ;Bajgai, Yadunath ;Subedi, Kiran ;Phuntsho, Loday ;Thinley, Namgay ;Chhogyel, Ngawang ;Gyalmo, Tasho ;Katwal, Tirtha B. ;Zangpo, Tshelthrim ;Acharya, Sagar ;Pradhan, Sangita ;Penjor, Sonam. 2017. Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector. CCAFS Working Paper no. 191. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security crop modelling capacity building gender bhutan Parker, Louis Guerten, Nora Nguyen, Than Thi Rinzin, Chimi Tashi, Dawa Wangchuk, Dorji Bajgai, Yadunath Subedi, Kiran Phuntsho, Loday Thinley, Namgay Chhogyel, Ngawang Gyalmo, Tasho Katwal, Tirtha B. Zangpo, Tshelthrim Acharya, Sagar Pradhan, Sangita Penjor, Sonam Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| title | Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| title_full | Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| title_fullStr | Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| title_short | Climate change impacts in Bhutan: challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| title_sort | climate change impacts in bhutan challenges and opportunities for the agricultural sector |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security crop modelling capacity building gender bhutan |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80918 |
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