I'm a believer... Andrew Stott, on his family farm in Whitton, says climate change will drive some farmers off their land and producers need to prepare for the challenge that it poses. SMH image.

I'm a believer... Andrew Stott, on his family farm in Whitton, says climate change will drive some farmers off their land and producers need to prepare for the challenge that it poses.

AUSTRALIAN farmers are sceptical about climate change and many do not believe it will affect agriculture during their lifetimes, according to a new report.

Ironically though, they are already starting to see the changes on their farms, with the intensity and duration of Australia’s last big drought linked to global warming.

The research was conducted by Australia’s CSIRO late last year using a workshopping / focus group format with farmers.

According to one newspaper’s coverage, CSIRO research team leader Steven Crimp said the need for improved climate change knowledge was paramount – “There is a lot of information about climate change and climate projections but there isn’t a lot of information on how to make changes within farm management,” he said.

The official website has a link to the report, and more importantly around 20 downloadable presentations from the workshop covering a range of aspects of this issue.

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