Adaptation Strategies Under Climate Change in Mediterranean Agriculture
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1504
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil and water conservation; agro-forestry systems; water use in agriculture; hydrology; non-point source pollution at small basin scale
Interests: irrigation systems; water use in agriculture; water resources; decision support systems
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Dear Colleagues,
Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region predict a significant decrease in rainfall and an increase in temperatures, which could affect around 48% of cultivated areas; this is a faster rate than the global average. The consequences of these changes for food security and natural resources in this region could be very adverse. Anticipating the impacts of climate change by improving the efficiency of agricultural systems is a priority to maintain agricultural systems and acceptable productivity levels in increasingly adverse climatic conditions.
Transformational adaptations in order to face climate change, whether on a farm scale or a larger territorial scale, can be categorized as those requiring more or less time, effort, and system changes. So, the aim and scope of this Special Issue is to invite authors to submit manuscripts on studies or comprehensive reviews on adopting soil, water, and crop-based climate change adaptation practices.
For this Special Issue, manuscripts based on original studies using experimental devices or with the application of informatic tools such as simulation and optimization models or manuscripts with an exhaustive review of the state of knowledge on this topic will be included.
Dr. António Canatário-Duarte
Dr. José Manuel Monteiro Gonçalves
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mediterranean agriculture
- climate change
- crop adaption strategies
- water scarcity
- increase soil conservation
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