Climate change stimulated agricultural innovation and exchange across Asia

Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, R. Kyle Bocinsky · 2018 · Science Advances

Summary. Climate cooling events across Eurasia between 3750 and 2000 years ago reduced crop yields and forced ancient farmers to innovate. Farmers on the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia diversified their crops in response. Chinese farmers developed new cropping systems and grain transport networks connecting north and south. In areas with worse conditions, communities shifted toward pastoralism and long-distance trade networks. These innovations emerged directly from farmers adapting to climate-driven productivity losses.

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  title   = {Climate change stimulated agricultural innovation and exchange across Asia},
  author  = {Jade d’Alpoim Guedes and R. Kyle Bocinsky},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1126/sciadv.aar4491},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar4491}
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DOI

10.1126/sciadv.aar4491

Countries

China

Regions

Asia

Categories

climate-and-environment, food-systems, innovation-networks

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