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Global climate change is a contentious issue fraught with both environmental and economic implications for the United States and the rest of the world. Proposed international strategies to help mitigate the effects of climate change, as well as voluntary measures domestically, will almost certainly affect agricultural production and commodity markets in the United States. For that reason, ERS continues to study the potential effects of climate change on national and regional agriculture, as well as ways in which the agriculture industry might contribute to mitigation strategies.
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Climate Change and Food SecurityGlobal warming is likely to reduce agricultural production in the Tropics, where many developing countries are located. Despite recent advances in analyzing the economic impacts of global warming, however, information about climatic threats to food security in developing countries is still extremely limited.(6/01)
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updated: June 28, 2001
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