> > True for some crops, but not for tree and vine crops. A vineyard costs > > a lot to establish (posts, wire, irrigation) and takes 5 years to > > reach full production, 10 years to optimum quality. > > Granted. Perhaps my UK bias is showing, as there isn't much of either > there. I suppose there are some currently marginal areas of the UK where > vines could plausibly be planted now in anticipation of increased > warmth, but I suspect it is a rather marginal effect. >
I doubt the numbers are large, but there's at least one farmer in the SW who has planted Mediterranean style crops (eg olives) in anticipation of warming (olive trees take a few years to start to become productive, I think). He did say in a recent BBC programme, on AGW in Britain, his olive grove has started to produce small quantities, earlier than expected. I forget what that was though. Whether this was possible ten years or so ago, was one of a few questions that wasn't addressed. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/5118860.stm and http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/climateexperiment/whattheymean/theuk.shtml (Flash needed) Cheers, Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
