Zhuang Heng-yang

Benefits Comparison Analysis of Different Rice and Wheat Cropping Patterns to Adapt to Climate Change

Abstract Based on the input-output survey of farmers and experts in one of the Jiangsu GEF project areas, the Cost-Benefit analysis method and greenhouse gas estimation method recommended by IPCC were applied to evaluate and compare the social, economic and ecological benefits of artificial transplanting (ATR), mechanical transplanting (MTR) and direct seeding (DSR) rice under wheat-rice Double Late mode (late rice harvest and late wheat sowing). Results showed that the MTR and DSR rice achieved obvious social benefits. Farming measures resulted in excessive emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Through the use of ATR rice and wheat rotation mode it is possible to obtain most economic and ecological benefits. The Double Late mode of action had good application prospects, but the key to implementation was the timely exploitation of the recently increased availability of agricultural climate resources. The cropping pattern of combining the wheat-rice Double Late mode with the ATR was a better choice in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Citation Huang, H.-P., S.-M. Ma, E.-D. Lin, et al., 2013: Benefits comparison analysis of different rice and wheat cropping patterns to adapt to climate change. Adv. Clim. Change Res., 4(3), doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2013.182.