ABSTRACT

The knowledge about Earth’s climate has expanded in recent decades, and evidence suggest that climate behavior is changing. In Brazil, studies and research points to an increase in temperature, and changes in the rainfall distribution. However, the effects on the productivity of the main agricultural crops, the livestock, and the incidence of plants diseases, especially in Brazil, did not increase in the same proportion. Climate changes are evident, and it is necessary for Brazilian agricultural producers -small, medium, and large- to adapt to survive.

KEYWORDS:
Temperature; Heat waves; Plants diseases; Adaptation