Component 1: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture
The first component involves the generation of spatially downscaled climate change scenarios and a robust assessment of the impacts of climate change on agriculture using FAO's new tool called MOdelling System for Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change (MOSAICC). MOSAICC is an integrated package of models for assessing the impacts of climate change on agriculture, including the variations in crop yields and their effects on national economies.
Component 1 uses three modules of MOSAICC.
The Climate Component
The Climate Component (a MOSAICC module) facilitates the preparation of statistically downscaled climate data using an adapted portal developed by the EU ENSEMBLES project.
Local partner: Peru's National Meteorological and hydrological Service (SENAMHI).
Model partner: Santander Meteorology Group, University of Cantabria.
The Hydrology Component
The Hydrology Component (a MOSAICC module) estimates water resources under future climate conditions and uses STREAM, a grid-based precipitation-runoff model, to simulate the discharge rate in large catchment areas.
Local partner: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM).
Model partners: Water Insight and Wageningen University.
The Crop Component
The Crop Component (a MOSAICC module) simulates crop yields under future climate change and technological progress scenarios. It uses WABAL (a crop specific water balance model), the industrial version of FAO's AgroMetShell.
Local partner: Peru’s National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (SENAMHI).
