Little good news in climate change for the world's farmers

Leah VanWey - this is about farmers
making decisions in real time.

For all intents and purposes, climate change is not going to be good news for agriculture. Studies have shown that it will likely reduce crop yields, create a malnutrition crisis, and make large portions of the globe inhospitable to staple crops like maize or bananas.

But researchers from Brown and Tufts universities have a dire message for the world: studies linking climate change to a decrease in crop production might be underestimating the true impact of climate change on agriculture.

“The real missing pieces have been about peoples’ decision making,” Leah VanWey, professor of sociology at Brown and senior deputy director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, told ThinkProgress. “This is not just about suitability. It’s not just about the climate. It’s farmers making decisions in real time.”

Read the ClimateProgress story - “The Unexpected Reaction Farmers Could Have To Climate Change.”