99527 Climate Change Is Affecting Mexico CROP Production Conditions.

Poster Number 321-605

See more from this Division: ASA Section: Climatology and Modeling
See more from this Session: Climatology and Modeling Poster

Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Phoenix Convention Center North, Exhibit Hall CDE

Arturo Chong, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Chapingo Autonomous University, Chapingo Edo. De Mx, MEXICO and Samuel Sánchez, FITOTECNIA, UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO, TEXCOCO, Mexico
Abstract:
While Climate Change may be improving crop production conditions in Mexico, as a general trend, the southeast is suffering the decrease of rainfall by the same phenomenon that is increasing it to the central and north in Mexico: winds from the Pacific Sea. In general yield of basic crops in Mexico has increased for the last decade, maybe as an effect of Climate Change. Sea water temperatures along Mexico´s southwest cost and central Pacific Ocean have increase, putting a lot of water into the atmosphere, and in combination to winds flowing from sea to earth, have increased rainfall to central and north areas of the country. But these same winds, west to east, are opposing winds that usually flow from Caribbean waters to Mexico, west to east that carrier rainfalls to the southeast of Mexico, even to some Central America Countries. The results are that rainfalls are starting late into the growing season and the amount of water is being reduced.

See more from this Division: ASA Section: Climatology and Modeling
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