Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Production: Enhancing Resilience and Environmental Sustainability
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate-smart agriculture and sustainable cropping systems; agroecosystem modeling under current and future climate scenarios; soil carbon sequestration and nitrogen cycling in diverse crop rotations; mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural landscapes; integration of legume and non-legume cover crops to enhance ecosystem services; evaluation of carbon footprints and life cycle emissions in crop systems; climate change impact assessment on crop productivity and resource use efficiency; application of simulation models (e.g., DSSAT) for decision support in agricultural management; spatial and temporal analysis of agro-environmental indicators using high-resolution datasets; sustainable intensification of dryland and semi-arid agriculture; use of high-performance computing and geospatial tools for large-scale crop modeling
Interests: integrating simulation models (e.g., DSSAT) to assess crop growth, nutrient dynamics, and environmental impacts across diverse agroecosystems; optimizing crop and soil management strategies to enhance productivity while minimizing environmental footprints; applying process-based models and GIS-based tools to support data-driven decision making in precision agriculture and sustainability planning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change continues to pose a formidable challenge to global agricultural systems, particularly in the context of rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, increased frequencies of extreme weather events, and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. These changes threaten food security, crop yields, and the long-term sustainability of agroecosystems. In this context, developing resilient and adaptive crop management practices has become an urgent scientific and policy priority.
This Special Issue, “Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Production: Enhancing Resilience and Environmental Sustainability”, brings together recent advances in modeling, field experimentation, and data-driven decision-support tools aimed at understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change on crop production. It covers a broad spectrum of topics, including soil health improvement through cover cropping, the optimization of crop rotations, greenhouse gas mitigation strategies, and innovations in agroecosystem modeling.
Contributions to this Special Issue explore solutions at multiple scales—from plot-level assessments to regional modeling efforts—demonstrating the potential of climate-smart agricultural practices in enhancing productivity, improving resource use efficiency, and reducing the environmental footprint of farming. Special attention is given to system-based approaches that integrate carbon and nitrogen dynamics, assess soil organic carbon sequestration potential, and quantify emissions under future climate scenarios.
By addressing these interconnected challenges, the articles in this Special Issue offer valuable insights for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners seeking to design resilient cropping systems that sustain both productivity and environmental health in a changing climate.
Dr. Ahmed Attia
Dr. Prem Oli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change mitigation
- crop rotation
- cover cropping
- soil organic carbon
- greenhouse gas emissions
- agroecosystem modeling
- sustainable agriculture
- nitrous oxide emissions
- carbon footprint
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