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what are the direct impacts of agricultural productivity change

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  • in mid latitudes, crop yields are expected to increase
  • large gains in Russia due to longer plating season and favourable conditins
  • farmers will have to adapt to the changes
  • varying rain will affect the crops
  • rising temperature increases evaporation which causes salinization and reduces yields
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what are the indirect impacts of agricultural productivity change

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  • pests and disease- increased temperatures reduce the mortality
  • changes in water availability- water for irrigation is extracted from rivers for example agricultural around the Nile depends on rainfall
  • sea level rise- in low lying land
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what is the change in nutritional standards like In developed nations

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  • increasing prices can lower nutritional value, changing production means new crops which may lead to different pesticides which can contaminate food
  • promotion of healthy diets
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what is the change in nurtirional standards like in developing nations

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  • experiencing rapid economic growth will mean going through a nutritional transition, increasing affluence means a more western diet
  • china has gone from eaten rice to meat
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what is the change in nutrional standards like in the least developed nations

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  • lots of plants need rain fed

- climate change leads to crop failure