Assessment of Climate Change Effects on Food Security—Yield, Quality, and Diversity

Dear Colleagues,

The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing, which impacts agriculture. In particular, field crop production is a severely exposed sector because farmers must face the potential occurrence of various biotic and abiotic stressors which can cause yield losses and decrease the yield quality. Malnutrition, reduction in the cultivable areas, invasions of pests and diseases, and narrowing biodiversity are severe issues in many parts of the world; therefore, developing and applying complex crop production systems is needed to guarantee the sustainability of agriculture, improving resource use efficiency and reducing the ecological footprint of the sector in parallel with supplying the ever-growing population of the globe with healthy food. Water scarcity is a merging issue worldwide; therefore, improving the water and nutrient use efficiency of cultivated crops could contribute to the preservation of limited resources.

This Special Issue aims to synthesise research focusing on improving the adaptation strategies in agriculture to the negative consequences of climate change or proposing some technologies that can highlight how to utilise the benefits of the changing climatic conditions regionally. This Special Issue aims to distribute the results of basic and applied research and will represent an essential step to offer adaptation strategies to the changing climatic conditions.

Dr. Balázs Varga
Dr. Judit Bányai
Prof. Dr. Hailin Zhang
Guest Editors

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