The economic impacts of climate change on the rice production in Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Vaghefi, N., Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom, Bagheri, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23540/1/The%20economic%20impacts%20of%20climate%20change%20on%20the%20rice%20production%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23540/

This study attempts to estimate the potential impacts of climate change on the rice production in Malaysia. The crop model ORYZA2000 was used to simulate rice yield of MR 219 variety in eight granary areas of Malaysia from 1999-2007. The model predicted a reduction in rice yield of 0.36 t ha -1 unde...