Pasture production under climate change
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Future climate is likely to have a major impact on pasture production. Climate change has the potential to change land use and land management as viable climatic conditions change spatially.
The dataset - What is it?
The data provides changes in average annual pasture production over the early century (2006-2026), mid-century (2040-2060), and late-century (2080-2100), under different Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP). RCPs are different amounts of greenhouse gas concentrations, in this report 2.6, 4.5, 5.5 and 6.0 are modelled. Two land management regimes are modelled, firstly no irrigation and no fertiliser and secondly applying irrigation and N fertiliser as required but limited to 200kgN/ha/year.
Why it's important to a landowner
The viability of land for pasture may change over the coming century.
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How to use this information safely
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Fitness for purpose / limitations
This table indicates whether the dataset is suitable for different types of questions at different scales.
Note: Users should carefully consider their purpose as this dataset may not be suitable.
Operational
Absolute
Relative
Screening/scoping
Block/farm
No
No
No
Maybe
Multi-farms(5+)
No
No
Maybe
Maybe
Catchment
No
No
Maybe
Maybe
National/regional
No
No
Maybe
Maybe
Caveats
Soil limitations considered in the simulations were limited to water and nitrogen supply and also excluded pests and diseases.
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