Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 4/2/21


Global agricultural productivity is 21% lower than it could have been without climate change, according to research published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Thursday. The reduction is the equivalent of losing seven years of the gains recorded in farm productivity since the 1960s, say the researchers. “It is equivalent to pressing the pause button on productivity growth back in 2013 and experiencing no improvements since then,” said Cornell economist Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, who led the study. “Anthropogenic [human-caused] climate change is already slowing us down.”

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