Farming in a Changing Climate

Ellen Wall is a research scientist in environmentalsciences; Barry Smit is a professor of geography andCanada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change; andJohanna Wandel is a postdoctoral research associatewith the Department of Geography – all at the University ofGuelph. The authors/editors are also members of the Advisory Committeefor C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and AdaptationResearch Network for Agriculture).

This timely collection will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and agriculturalists throughout North America and beyond. It offers both a comprehensive collection of recent research on the vulnerability of Canadian farming systems to climate change and a thorough and articulate presentation of the breadth of concepts and methods currently employed in climate change vulnerability assessments. - Debra Davidson, University of Alberta (Great Plains Research, Vol.18, No.2, Fall 2008)

• Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart 1: Research Approaches to Climate ChangeAdaptation1 Introduction / Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel2 Impact-Based Approach / Michael Brklacich, Barry Smit, Ellen Wall,and Johanna Wandel3 Context-Based Approach / Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and JohannaWandel4 Process-Based Approach / Johanna Wandel, Ellen Wall, and BarrySmitPart 2: Impact-Based Studies5 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in EasternCanada / Samuel Gameda, Andrew Bootsma, and Daniel McKenney6 Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Prairie Region /David Sauchyn7 Agricultural Water Supply in the Okanagan Basin: Using ClimateChange Scenarios to Inform Dialogue and Planning Processes / DeniseNeilsen, Stewart Cohen, Scott Smith, Grace Frank, Walter Koch, YounesAlila, Wendy Merritt, Mark Barton, and Bill TaylorPart 3: Context-Based Studies8 Climate Change Adaptation in a Wider Context: ConceptualizingMultiple Risks inPrimary Agriculture / Ben Bradshaw9 Biophysical and Socio-Economic Stressors for Agriculture in theCanadian Prairies / Henry David Venema10 Institutional Capacity for Agriculture in the South SaskatchewanRiver Basin / Harry P. Diaz and David A. Gauthier11 The Perception of Risk to Agriculture and Climatic Variability inQuébec: Implications for Farmer Adaptation to Climatic Variability andChange / Christopher Bryant, Bhawan Singh, and Pierre AndréPart 4: Process-Based Studies12 Comparing Apples and Grapes: Farm-Level Vulnerability to ClimateVariability andChange / Suzanne Belliveau, Ben Bradshaw, and Barry Smit13 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Risks in SouthwesternOntario Farming Systems / Susanna Reid, Suzanne Belliveau, Barry Smit,and Wayne Caldwell14 Community-Based Watershed Management as an AgriculturalAdaptation to ClimaticExtremes in the Canadian Prairies / R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and DavidWaltner-Toews15 Household Access to Capital and Its Influence on Climate-RelatedRural PopulationChange: Lessons from the Dust Bowl Years / Robert A. McLemanPart 5: Conclusions16 Policy Implications: Panellists' Comments / Ellen Wall,Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel17 Climate Change Adaptation Research and Policy for CanadianAgriculture /Ellen Wall and Barry SmitReferencesContributorsIndex