date:May 08, 2014
going depletion in the southern parts of the aquifers and limit the ability to irrigate. The report cautioned that holding other aspects of production constant, the climate impacts of shifting from irrigated to dryland agriculture would reduce crop yields by about a factor of two.
Under these climate-induced changes, adaptation of agricultural practices will be needed, however, there may be constraints on social-ecological adaptive capacity to make these adjustments, the report stated.
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