Transforming AgriFood Systems under a Changing Climate

Dear colleagues，

Global agriculture is highly vulnerable to a changing climate especially in resource-limited and climate-dependent (e.g. rainfed) contexts. Agriculture remains the livelihood of small holder farmers in most of the developing nations and the agri-food systems remain fragile. Climate change induced vulnerability on agrifood systems has a strong impact on increasing socio-economic challenges as well. Therefore, a radical agrifood transformation is necessary. A dedicated compendium of knowledge products focused on this domain is limited. This Special Issue of Agronomy is specifically dedicated to addressing transformational perspective of the agri-food systems in resource limited contexts under a changing climate. All the papers need to have that spirit rather than the routine type of study. Thus, the papers need to explicitly discuss how their research studies, tools, technology, etc. contribute or has potential to contribute to agri-food transformation under climate and land use changes. We invite contributions that address the topic at all scales (plot, farm, landscape, and regional). Some example topics are (but not limited to):

• Integrated and system level solutions for agronomic and agro-ecological gains.
• Studies on soil and water for sustainable intensification.
• Studies on enhancing land and crop water productivities.
• Systems modeling (agronomic gains, vulnerability assessment, identifying adaptation options, foresight breeding).
• Approaches to achieving climate smart agronomy (Bigdata, ICTs, enabling environments).
• Studies on digital advisories and early warning systems (digital augmentation, platforms and applications).
• Crop diversification and crop–livestock–tree mixture.
• Studies on reducing (or reversing) land degradation and desertification.
• Studies on spatial modeling and geospatial studies on agriculture.
• Studies on socioeconomic and ecological issues affecting agriculture.

We encourage all forms of knowledge contributions such as research articles, reviews, short communications, technical notes and opinion papers. We look forward to receiving your submissions to this Special Issue.

Dr. Ajit Govind
Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Biradar
Guest Editor

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