Climate change is a diverse, multifactorial phenomenon, meaning that the
agronomic strategies needed are case-specific and will have regional
differences. This book provides an integrated view of the challenges and
opportunities that will face agriculture in the future as a result of climate
change. It discusses how the stresses resulting from climate change can be
overcome by assessing, measuring and predicting environmental changes and
stresses, identifying opportunities and adapting to change and responding to
multifactorial change. Challenges and potential strategies that might be taken
to overcome these are illustrated using a number of case studies. Climate change
will pose many challenges to agriculture in the future, but by