Impact of climate change on rice yield in the main rice growing areas of Peninsular Malaysia

Agricultural sector is one of the sensitive areas that would be affected by the changes in key climatic elements. This study assesses the possible impact of climate change on the Malaysian rice production. The study employed DSSAT Crop Simulation Model to predict the rice yields in the eight granary...

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Main Authors: Vaghefi, Negin, Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Radam, Alias, Abdul Rahim, Khalid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Journals 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28351/1/Impact%20of%20climate%20change%20on%20rice%20yield%20in%20the%20main%20rice%20growing%20areas%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
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author Vaghefi, Negin
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
Abdul Rahim, Khalid
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Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
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description Agricultural sector is one of the sensitive areas that would be affected by the changes in key climatic elements. This study assesses the possible impact of climate change on the Malaysian rice production. The study employed DSSAT Crop Simulation Model to predict the rice yields in the eight granary areas of Peninsular Malaysia until 2030, based on projected weather data and current management practices. Increase in temperature and variations in rainfall pattern over the growing period were found to affect the rice yield. The results indicated that rice yield, during 2013 to 2030, compared to the base values are expected to decrease by12.2, 13.6, 8.7, 8.4, 15.2, 16.8, 11.4 and 18.6% for the main season and 45.5, 19.4, 33.9, 36.3, 34.5, 47.8, 21.8 and 7.5% for the off season for MADA, KADA, Kerian, BLS, Pulau Pinang, Seberang Perak, Ketara and Kemasin, respectively. These results showed that rice yield would be more negatively affected by the climate change during off season rather than main season.
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spelling upm.eprints-283512015-10-07T04:01:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28351/ Impact of climate change on rice yield in the main rice growing areas of Peninsular Malaysia Vaghefi, Negin Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Radam, Alias Abdul Rahim, Khalid Agricultural sector is one of the sensitive areas that would be affected by the changes in key climatic elements. This study assesses the possible impact of climate change on the Malaysian rice production. The study employed DSSAT Crop Simulation Model to predict the rice yields in the eight granary areas of Peninsular Malaysia until 2030, based on projected weather data and current management practices. Increase in temperature and variations in rainfall pattern over the growing period were found to affect the rice yield. The results indicated that rice yield, during 2013 to 2030, compared to the base values are expected to decrease by12.2, 13.6, 8.7, 8.4, 15.2, 16.8, 11.4 and 18.6% for the main season and 45.5, 19.4, 33.9, 36.3, 34.5, 47.8, 21.8 and 7.5% for the off season for MADA, KADA, Kerian, BLS, Pulau Pinang, Seberang Perak, Ketara and Kemasin, respectively. These results showed that rice yield would be more negatively affected by the climate change during off season rather than main season. Academic Journals 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28351/1/Impact%20of%20climate%20change%20on%20rice%20yield%20in%20the%20main%20rice%20growing%20areas%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf Vaghefi, Negin and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Radam, Alias and Abdul Rahim, Khalid (2013) Impact of climate change on rice yield in the main rice growing areas of Peninsular Malaysia. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 7 (2). pp. 59-67. ISSN 1819-3412; ESSN: 2152-8238 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=rjes.2013.59.67 10.3923/rjes.2013.59.67
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