Impacts of climate change on the agricultural zoning of climate risk for cotton cultivation in Brazil Impactos das mudanças climáticas no zoneamento agrícola de risco climático para o cultivo de algodão no Brasil

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of the temperature increase forecasted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on agricultural zoning of cotton production in Brazil. The Northeastern region showed the highest decrease in the low-risk area for cotton cultivation...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Delgado Assad, Susian Christian Martins, Napoleão Esberard de Macêdo Beltrão, Hilton Silveira Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2013-01-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2013000100001