?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14259%2F&rft.title=Simulating+stakeholder-driven+food+and+climate+scenarios+for+policy+development+in+Africa%2C+Asia+and+Latin+America+A+multi-regional+synthesis&rft.creator=Palazzo%2C+A.&rft.creator=Vervoort%2C+J.&rft.creator=Havlik%2C+P.&rft.creator=Mason-D%E2%80%99Croz%2C+D.&rft.creator=Islam%2C+S.&rft.description=The+CGIAR+Research+Program+on+Climate+Change%2C+Agriculture+and+Food+Security+(CCAFS)+engaged+stakeholders+in+Africa%2C+Asia+and+Latin+America+in+the+development+of+regional+socioeconomic+scenarios+for+policy+development.+These+scenarios+were+framed+and+outlined+by+regional+experts+and+then+quantified+using+the+IMPACT+and+GLOBIOM+models.+The+scenarios+were+used+in+a+number+of+policy+design+processes+at+national+and+regional+levels.+The+model+results+show+that+investment+in+agriculture+is+essential+to+close+yield+gaps+needed+for+growing+demand%2C+and+that+increases+in+production+costs+increases+these+yield+gaps.+However%2C+even+under+high+agricultural+investments%2C+regional+production+is+unlikely+to+meet+regional+demand.+In+many+cases%2C+the+socio-economic+assumptions+of+the+scenarios+are+more+impactful+than+climate+effects+on+yields.+Increased+yields+can+lead+to+crop+area+expansion%2C+and+the+protection+and+enforcement+of+forests+and+biodiversity+is+essential%2C+especially+with+increased+investment+in+agriculture.+The+CCAFS+scenarios+process+show+the+need+to+combine+socio-economic+and+climate+scenarios%2C+to+base+these+scenarios+in+regional+expertise%2C+and+ways+to+make+scenarios+useful+for+policy+design.&rft.publisher=CGIAR-CCAFS&rft.date=2014&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14259%2F1%2FWP_109%25285%2529.pdf&rft.identifier=++Palazzo%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F223.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-8167-9403+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-8167-9403%3E%2C+Vervoort%2C+J.%2C+Havlik%2C+P.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F119.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-5551-5085+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-5551-5085%3E%2C+Mason-D%E2%80%99Croz%2C+D.%2C+%26+Islam%2C+S.++(2014).++Simulating+stakeholder-driven+food+and+climate+scenarios+for+policy+development+in+Africa%2C+Asia+and+Latin+America+A+multi-regional+synthesis.++++CGIAR-CCAFS+%2C+Copenhagen%2C+Denmark.+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F10568%2F56839