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Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate
change
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Model of Agricultural Adaptation to Climatic Variation
(MAACV)
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Description
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Computer and numerical models require assessment of system forces and responses to adaptation in
order to understand the context for the variables being considered.
This model illustrates the endogenous and exogenous forces that influence adaptation responses and
classifies those responses into various farm and regional level responses. The biophysical
environment, government programs, economic conditions, and other forces are the exogenous
considerations and factors such as the attributes of the farmer, the farm family, and the farm,
including their experiences, perceptions, location, scale, and finances, are the endogenous
considerations made in this model. Farm responses include tactical and strategic decisions.
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Appropriate Use
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Provides structure and hypotheses for numerical impact assessments in agriculture; particularly for
developed economies.
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Scope
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All locations; farm and regional level analyses of commercial farming systems.
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Key Output
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Classification of range of forces and responses to adaptation to climatic variation.
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Key Input
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System and human agency influences on adaptation responses.
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Ease of Use
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Easy
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Training Required
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No formal training required, although an understanding of farming systems is an asset.
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Documentation
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Smit, B., D. McNabb, and J. Smithers. 1996. Agricultural adaptation to climatic variation. Climatic
Change 33:7-29.
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Applications
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Applied in research of corn hybrid adaptation in Ontario, Canada, and in the University of
Guelph’s Farming Systems Research.
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Contacts for Framework, Documentation, Technical Assistance
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Dr. Barry Smit and Dr. John Smithers
University of Guelph, Department of Geography, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Canada; Tel: (519) 824-4120 ext.
3279; Fax: (519) 837-2940; e-mail: bsmit@uoguelph.ca. D.
McNabb, Carleton University, Impact Assessment Centre, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada; Tel:
613.520.2547; Fax: 613.520.2551.
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Cost
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Not identified
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References
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Smit, B., D. McNabb, and J. Smithers. 1996. Agricultural adaptation to climatic variation. Climatic
Change 33:7-29.
Smit, B. 1999. Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Canada. A Report to the Adaptation
Liaison Office.
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