Climate Threat on Agriculture
This table shows how climate affects agriculture. Use the Search bar to filter table contents.
Climate Threat | Agricultural Resource | What is the Impact? | What is the Solution? | What are the Benefits? |
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Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Erosion/Soil loss | Mulching. | Reduces erosion. |
Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Create channels around raised beds. | Slows water flow. Traps sediment. | |
Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Covered beds. | Controls rainfall. Helps nutrient management in hydroponics. | |
Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Plant field margins with vetevier grass/rain gardens. | ||
Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Nutrient loss/Leaching | Increase organic matter/composting. | Increases water holding capacity. |
Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Waterlogging | Increase organic matter/composting. | Increased infiltration. |
Heavy Rainfall | Soil Health | Spill-over/contamination | Plant field margins with vetevier grass/rain gardens. | |
Heavy Rainfall | Hydroponics | Nutrient dilution | Hoop house/plasting sheeting. | Improves nutrient control. |
Heavy Rainfall | Aquaponics | |||
Heavy Rainfall | Pest Management | Increased disease | Increase plant spacing. | Improves airflow. |
Heavy Rainfall | Pest management | Increased disease | Mulching. | Reduces soil splashing on to plants. |
Heavy Rainfall | Fresh Water Availability | Contamination (salt water, pollution) | Rainwater catchment. | Increases fresh water availability. |
High Winds | Lettuce | Stem damage | Covered beds (plastic or screened hoop house). | Blocks/slows wind. |
High Winds | Bananas | Planted wind rows. | Blocks/slows wind. | |
High Winds | Breadfruit | Limb loss, tree damage | Pruning prior storm. | |
High Winds | Taro | Stem damage | Planted wind rows. | |
Heat Waves | Lettuce | Wilting, tip burn | Plant/test heat tolerant varieties. | |
Shade cloth. | ||||
Overhead irrigation. | Cools crop when temperature. | |||
Shade with tree crops along rows (e.g. Papaya). | ||||
Vegetable Crops | ||||
Tree Crops | ||||
Root Crops | ||||
Storms/Cyclones | Vegetable Crops | Crop loss | Covered beds (plastic or screened hoop house). | Blocks/slows wind and heavy rainfall. |
Tree Crops | Limb loss, tree damage | Pruning prior to the storm. | Reduces uprooting and loss of entire tree. | |
Root Crops | Stem and leaf damage, uprooting | Planted wind rows. | ||
Fresh Water Availability | Flooding, contamination, loss of power for pump irrigation | Water catchment with solar powered pumps. | Increases fresh water availability . | |
Sea Level Rise | ||||
Flooding |
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