Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to the following session in Global Environmental Change at AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, 9-13 December 2013.
GC017. Adaptation of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Variability in the Tropics Description: Climate change is predicted to negatively impact agricultural productivity across most of the tropics, where smallholder agriculture is the main livelihood for the majority of rural populations. Current models may over- estimate the impact of climate on agricultural production, however, given that farmers may adapt cropping practices, they are better suited to novel changes in climate. We invite submissions that examine observations of climate and agricultural management at local, regional, and national scales, so that we can identify if there are any commonalities in factors that enhance the ability of farmers to adapt and reduce their vulnerability to changing climates. Conveners: Meha Jain, Columbia University, mj2...@columbia.edu Pinki Mondal, Columbia University, pm2...@columbia.edu Ruth DeFries, Columbia University, rd2...@columbia.edu Gillian Galford, University of Vermont, gillian.galf...@uvm.edu Deadline: All abstract submissions must be received by 6 August 2013. URL: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/scientific-program/session- search/sessions/gc017-adaptation-of-smallholder-farmers-to-climate- variability-in-the-tropics-2/ We look forward to hearing from you, please contact us if you have any questions. Best, Meha Jain, Pinki Mondal, Ruth DeFries, Gillian Galford
