Wheat and sheep production in a changing climate: South Australia
Communicating Climate Change - Module 4Land & Water Australia. 2009. Wheat and sheep production in a changing climate: South Australia. [Online] (Updated February 5th, 2009)
Available at: http://lwa.gov.au/node/2803 [Accessed Tuesday 26th of April 2011 02:44:22 PM ].
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Australia’s wheat - sheep production zone covers 35 million hectares in southern and eastern Australia. Its 15,700 wool-producing farms contain 55% of the nation’s sheep. Annual rainfall in the zone is 300-600 mm.
Climate change threatens the productivity of Australia’s wheat and sheep industries. It reduces the value of historical climate knowledge and increases uncertainty about the bounds of future climates, making farm decisions more complex.
While Australian farmers are already adapting to a highly variable climate, adapting to significant climate change is a challenge. Here we provide a case study of the Lower Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and Upper South East regions of South Australia.
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Author(s):SeriesCommunicating Climate Change
PublishedAugust 2008
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Topics
- Climate Change (50)
Keywords
- wheat production (1)
- sheep production (1)
Geo
- South Australia (35)
- Eyre Peninsula (5)
- Northern and Yorke (1)
- South East South Australia (3)
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