Trade may not help a warming planet fight its farming failures

Trade may not help a warming planet fight its farming failures Boston MA (SPX) Nov 25, 2015 - Warming temperatures will take a heavy toll on agricultural productivity, according to climate scientists. How will society adjust? One possibility might be increased trade: If one country suffers a decline in, say, wheat production but can still grow as much rice as ever, then - in theory - it might grow more rice and trade for its usual amount of wheat instead. But a new study co-authore ... more

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