Reducing the Vulnerability of Armenia's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change : Impact Assessment and Adaption Options

Ahouissoussi, Nicolas ; Neumann, James E. ; Srivastava, Jitendra P. ; Boehlert, Brent ; Sharrow, Steven

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ADAPTATION;    AGRICULTURE;    CLIMATE CHANGE;    DATA;    RURAL POPULATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-1-4648-0147-1
RP-ID  :  87811

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Within any economy, agriculture is thesector that is most sensitive to climate change. In Armenia,however, the risks are even more pronounced because themajority of the rural population depends on agriculture fortheir livelihoods. This publication outlines the policyoptions available to Armenia, based on a rigorous evaluationof the impacts of climate change on agricultural systems. Itprovides a solid foundation for taking strategic and, inmany cases, immediate action to implement climate-smartagriculture in the country. Specifically, this reportprovides a menu of options for climate change adaptation inthe agricultural and water resources sectors, along withspecific recommended actions that are tailored to distinctagricultural regions within Armenia. These recommendationsreflect the results of three inter-related activities,conducted jointly by the expert team and local partners: (1)quantitative economic modeling of baseline conditions andthe effects of certain adaptation options; (2) qualitativeanalysis conducted by the expert team of agronomists, cropmodelers, and water resource experts; and (3) input from aseries of participatory workshops for farmers in each of theagricultural regions. This report provides a summary of themethods, data, results, and recommendations for each ofthese activities, which were reviewed by local counterpartsat the October 11, 2012, National Dissemination andConsensus Building Conference. This study is part of theWorld Bank s Europe and Central Asia (ECA) RegionalAnalytical and Advisory Activities (AAA) Program on ReducingVulnerability to Climate Change in ECA Agricultural Systems.Armenia is one of three countries participating in theprogram, with the other country participants beingAzerbaijan and Georgia. The study underlines the importanceand urgency of capacity-building to empower Armenia toinitiate control of its own climate resilience, while alsoproviding specific guidance to finance opportunities in therapidly emerging climate adaptation sector. The World Bankis partnering with the Government through ongoing projectsin this important area, and looks forward to continuing itsengagement and support going forward.