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Did you know that agriculture is responsible for 1/3 of climate change? About 25% of carbon dioxide emissions are produced by agricultural sources, the emissions are mainly from deforestation and the use of fossil fuel based fertilizer. We need stricter laws on deforestation. For example a shift in climate and agricultural zones towards north pole will bring changes in production patterns due to higher temperatures (2.5-3.7 degrees by 2050), a boost in agricultural productivity due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, changed precipitation patterns and increased vulnerability of the landless and poor. Climate change could result in a variety of effects, some that could be biophysical, ecological, and economic for the agricultural businesses, as it impacts on agricultural conditions, food supply, and food security.
To fix the fossil-fuel based fertilizer problem we could have stricter regulations on how the fertilizer is produced. Ever since the dawn of the industrial revolution there has been a significant amount of emissions of high amounts of greenhouse gases, this resulting in higher global temperatures, thus affecting hydrological regimes in Canada and increasing climatic variability.
Now its not that this isn't horribly affecting Canada's agriculture, if anything its driving it. Solar radiation, temperature, and precipitation are the main drivers of crop growth.
This does however affect our great lakes and rivers as we here in Ontario have 1/3 of the worlds freshwater supply. The amount of energy from the green house gases absorbed by the lakes and rivers is equivalent to an atomic bomb going off every second for the last 100 years.
