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Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and Adaptation
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Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and Adaptation

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 September 2024 | Viewed by 8881

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Kritika Kothari

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1. College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Lexington, KY, USA
2. Department of Water Resources Development & Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India
Interests: climate change impacts and adaptations in agriculture; cropping system models; multi-crop-model inter comparison; irrigation water management; remote sensing in land and water management
Dr. Nikolaos Proutsos

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Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation “DEMETER”, 11528 Athens, Greece
Interests: forest micrometeorology; agrometeorology; aridity; drought; crop water requirements
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Dr. Babacar Faye

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Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, University of Sine-Saloum El-hadj Ibrahima NIASS, Kaolack 55, Senegal
Interests: climate change impact assessment in agriculture; regional crop modelling specialist; hydraulic and irrigation system management; big data analysis
Dr. Ioannis Charalampopoulos

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Laboratory of General and Agricultural Meteorology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
Interests: bioclimatology; agrometeorology; big environmental data analysis; R-language
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is threatening the agricultural and forest ecosystems. It is becoming increasingly difficult to feed a growing population under the changing climate and increasing competition for natural resources. The impacts of climate change on agriculture are already evident in many parts of the world. Warming, shifting rainfall patterns, frequent weather extremes, increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide are leading to uncertainty in crop production, affecting also the growth, production and survival of forests. Projections show that the climate-related impacts and risks in the agricultural and forest ecosystems are going to exacerbate in the future. Not only cropping systems are getting affected by climate change but agriculture also contributes equally to climate change through GHG emissions, whereas the ability of forests to regulate climate decreases. In an uncertain future, climate proofing our agroecosystems is the need of the hour. A growing body of research has emerged in the past decades that provides new insights into the impacts of climate change in agriculture and potential adaptations. Further research is, however, needed to better assess the linkages between climate change and agriculture in the less-explored domains and emerging societal concerns.

The aim of this Special Issue of “Climate Change and Agriculture” is to present original research and review work covering a diverse range of assessments pertaining to the relationships between climate change and agriculture/forestry. Special emphasis would be given to the manuscripts that present the less-explored aspects of climate change impacts on agriculture and forests including but not limited to the effect of extreme weather events, and GHG emissions. Manuscripts enhancing the knowledge between the plants and climate relations and presenting a variety of research methodologies, including process-based crop/forest growth models, satellite remote sensing, statistical methods, machine learning and deep learning techniques, are welcome.

Focus Areas:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture and forests considering multiple crops or land covers and/or global/regional/national scale
  • Climate change impacts on forest ecosystems, forest products and services.
  • Assessment of variability or change in climate or climate-derived variables (e.g., temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration, and bioclimatic indices)
  • Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in agriculture and forests
  • Risk assessment in agriculture and forests
  • Greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural systems and forest ecosystems
  • Food security under climate change and extreme weather events (e.g., droughts and floods)
  • Advances in methodology (e.g., crop model improvement, forest growth models, data science) to simulate the impacts of climate change and climate variability in agriculture and forestry
  • Indigenous climate-smart agriculture solutions and climate-smart forest management
  • Tools to inform the decision-makers about the potential climate-smart agriculture solutions under the experienced or projected climate change

Dr. Kritika Kothari
Dr. Nikolaos Proutsos
Dr. Babacar Faye
Dr. Ioannis Charalampopoulos
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change impacts on crop yields and production
  • climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
  • agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
  • climate smart agriculture
  • decision support tools
  • climate trends
  • forest management
  • forest growth

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The Productivity and Carbon Exchange of an Intensively Managed Pasture in Central Kentucky
by Ife Familusi, Maheteme Gebremedhin, Ian Ries, Jacob Brown and Buddhi Gyawali
Atmosphere 2024, 15(3), 348; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15030348 - 12 Mar 2024
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Intensive pasture management that aims at providing season-long forage while minimizing soil degradation is increasingly becoming an important grazing strategy in Kentucky. Typically, it involves the use of high-yielding warm and cool season forage species that are well suited to local soil and [...] Read more.
Intensive pasture management that aims at providing season-long forage while minimizing soil degradation is increasingly becoming an important grazing strategy in Kentucky. Typically, it involves the use of high-yielding warm and cool season forage species that are well suited to local soil and climate conditions, meeting the dual-purpose provision of high nutritional value while remaining resilient to grazing pressure and changing climate. Monitoring carbon exchange is a crucial component for effective pasture management to promote sustainable pastureland management practices. We hypothesized that pasturelands, when intensively managed, would exhibit a small but important CO2 cumulative uptake year-round. We used the Eddy covariance method to measure the net ecosystem exchange of CO2 (NEE) and productivity of an intensively managed pastureland at Kentucky State University Research and Demonstration station from 2015 to 2020. The study has two objectives: to quantify interannual variability in net ecosystem exchange, and examine the controlling environmental factors, in particular temperature, sunlight, and precipitation of NEE. Diurnal and seasonal fluctuations followed typical patterns of carbon uptake and release. Overall, the pasture site consistently was carbon sink except for 2016, in part due to a warmer winter season than usual, sequestering 1394 gCm−2 over the study period. Precipitation and temperature were critical environmental factors underpinning seasonal CO2 uptake and release. Of critical importance was the net carbon uptake during the non-growing season. Full article
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Climate Change Will Lead to a Significant Reduction in the Global Cultivation of Panicum milliaceum
by Pan Jiang, Junyi Jiang, Cong Yang, Xinchen Gu, Yi Huang and Liang Liu
Atmosphere 2023, 14(8), 1297; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14081297 - 16 Aug 2023
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Panicum milliaceum is a specialty crop that maintains the economic stability of agriculture in arid and barren regions of the world. Predicting the potential geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum globally and clarifying the ecological needs of Panicum milliaceum will help to advance the [...] Read more.
Panicum milliaceum is a specialty crop that maintains the economic stability of agriculture in arid and barren regions of the world. Predicting the potential geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum globally and clarifying the ecological needs of Panicum milliaceum will help to advance the development of agriculture, which is important for the maintenance of human life and health. In this study, based on 5637 global distribution records of Panicum milliaceum, we used the MaxEnt model and ArcGIS software, the Beijing Climate Center Climate System Model (BCC-CSM2-MR) was selected to predict the potential global geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum in the present and future in combination with the environmental factor variables; we evaluated the significant factors constraining the potential geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum by combining the contributions of environmental factor variables; and we assessed the accuracy of the MaxEnt model by using AUC values and Kappa statistics. The results showed that the MaxEnt model was highly accurate, the simulation results were credible, and the total suitable area of Panicum milliaceum in the world is 4563.82 × 104 km2. The high habitat area of Panicum milliaceum is 484.95 × 104 km2, accounting for 10.63% of the total habitat area, and is mainly distributed in the United States, the Russian Federation, France, Ukraine, Australia, Germany, etc. The soil factor (hswd) was the most important environmental factor limiting the potential geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum, followed by the precipitation factor (Precipitation of the Driest Month, bio14) and temperature factor (Mean Temperature of the Wettest Quarter, bio8). Under four future climate change scenarios, the area of the potential geographic distribution of Panicum milliaceum decreased to different extents at different levels compared to the contemporary period. Therefore, climate change may significantly affect the global distribution pattern of Panicum milliaceum cultivation in the future and thus reshape global Panicum milliaceum production and trade patterns. Full article
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Rural Farmers’ Perceptions for the Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation Policies on Wheat Productivity: Insights from a Recent Study in Balochistan, Pakistan
by Nawab Khan, Jiliang Ma, Huijie Zhang and Shemei Zhang
Atmosphere 2023, 14(8), 1278; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14081278 - 12 Aug 2023
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Climate change (CC) is a worldwide environmental issue affecting all economic sectors, especially agriculture. Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by CC due to the country’s vulnerability to catastrophic events and limited ability to adapt. Assessing existing activities for adaptation to [...] Read more.
Climate change (CC) is a worldwide environmental issue affecting all economic sectors, especially agriculture. Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by CC due to the country’s vulnerability to catastrophic events and limited ability to adapt. Assessing existing activities for adaptation to CC at the farm level is critical to understanding their success and recommending additional government measures. This study analyzes possible farming practice modifications that Pakistani farmers may adopt to reduce the loss of agricultural output due to the rising prevalence of dangerous weather events by CC. Data for the current research were gathered from 432 wheat farmers in rural Pakistan. This article investigates many factors that impact farmers’ decisions to CC adaptation in crop production utilizing binary logit (BL) and multivariate probit (MVP) models. Gender, education level, farming experience, farm size, level of damage, access to finance, and training participation are characteristics that substantially affect farmers’ likelihood of adapting to CC. Farm size and participation in CC training were the most critical factors influencing farmers’ CC adaptation decisions. Policy recommendations were presented to increase the farmers’ resilience in the study areas to CC. These comprise expanding CC training courses, developing regulations to encourage agricultural integration, and integrating CC and adaptation to CC principles into the operations of regional organizations. Finally, based on the findings, policymakers will be better equipped to address the challenges posed by CC and create a more resilient agricultural sector. This, in turn, will contribute to improving food security, ensuring sustainable agricultural growth. Full article
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Effects of Climate Change on Greek Forests: A Review
by Panagiotis P. Koulelis, Nikolaos Proutsos, Alexandra D. Solomou, Evangelia V. Avramidou, Ermioni Malliarou, Miltiadis Athanasiou, Gavriil Xanthopoulos and Panos V. Petrakis
Atmosphere 2023, 14(7), 1155; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14071155 - 16 Jul 2023
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This study reviews the impacts of climate change on Greek forests, analysing factors such as climate trends, forest management, biodiversity, genetics, insects, and wildfires, using data from the Scopus and Mendeley databases and official reports. By utilising our current understanding and allocating necessary [...] Read more.
This study reviews the impacts of climate change on Greek forests, analysing factors such as climate trends, forest management, biodiversity, genetics, insects, and wildfires, using data from the Scopus and Mendeley databases and official reports. By utilising our current understanding and allocating necessary efforts and resources, we actively address climate change consequences on forests. This study focuses on climate change and extreme weather outcomes on forests. Greek mountain forests at 520–1310 m experience decreasing annual mean and minimum temperatures (−0.015 and −0.027 °C yr–1) but increasing maximum temperatures (+0.014 °C yr–1), especially in Southern Greece (+0.047 °C yr–1). Recent findings reveal forests migrating to higher altitudes with favourable conditions, correlating with water availability, temperature, and tree growth, necessitating further research on forest productivity. A decline in fir tree-ring growth (Average Tree Ring Width Index < 0.6) is observed in mainland Greece, indicating temperature’s effect on growth. Effective forest tree conservation requires prioritising biodiversity monitoring, considering climate change impacts on phenology and addressing the absence of strategies to protect and enhance genetic diversity. Climate change influenced 70 forestry pests’ ranges, notably among Greek insect pests. Annual burned areas from forest fires data indicate a consistent long-term increasing trend, underscoring fire prevention prioritization and exploring fire risk, behaviour, and climate change. The study highlights two to four significant knowledge gaps, and one to three key challenges pertaining to the six research areas. Finally, it promotes partnerships for informed decision-making and better outcomes by integrating Indigenous knowledge, scientific understanding, and collaboration among research, policy, and local management. Full article
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