Climate change could actually boost Australian agriculture
A new report from the Australian Farm Institute says that farm production in that country could double in the next 40 years. Mick Keogh, executive director of the Institute says that warming could actually increase rainfall and crop growth in parts of the country, and that with a little adaption, most farmers would be able to boost production.
The study disputes earlier research from Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) which warned that climate change would devastate Australian agriculture, reducing output by as much as 10% by 2030.
The conflicting reports demonstrate a couple of things - firstly, Australia's a damn big place, full of different weather and different opinions. Secondly, climate change is nothing if not unpredictable, which doens't make the idea much more appealing.
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