NC State University Research Understands How Agriculture Responds To Climate Shocks

 A new study examining more than 100 years of agricultural production and weather data in the United States suggests stored water plays an important role in providing resilience to drought. “We wanted to understand how agriculture responds to climate shocks,” said Eric Edwards, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University . “The way that agriculture has adapted to climate shocks is generally through irrigation, but to what extent does having access to stored water matter?”

https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/11/stored-water-lessens-drought-impacts/