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Agricultural Production in Relation to Local and Regional Climate Change
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Agricultural Production in Relation to Local and Regional Climate Change

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 21606

Special Issue Editors

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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Dr. Spyridon Paparrizos

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Water Systems and Global Change Change Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Interests: hydroclimate information services; hydrogeoinformatics; agroclimatology; sustanable agriculture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The overall goal of this Special Issue is to gather the most recent scientific and methodological advances carried out in order to better understand, monitor, and inventory the impact of climate change on the agricultural production in regional and local scale.

The crucial sector of agriculture is in transition due to the bioenvironmental impact of climate change. Apart from worldwide cooperation for the mitigation of the phenomenon, regionally locally focused measures are also necessary to maintain a high quality and quantity of food production. Each agriculture cultivation is sensitive to the high spatiotemporal variation of atmospheric parameters. Thus, it is of utmost importance to monitor the interaction of weather or climate conditions with the farming processes.

Hence, we invite scientists to submit articles reporting current research entailing advances in climate–agriculture environment monitoring methodologies, or scientific findings. The submission of scientific contributions highlighting a multidisciplinary approach, based on observation and experimentation, will be particularly appreciated, as well as the contributions of more applied research results highlighting how anthropogenic changes alter the interactions among climate, water, and agricultural systems in a local or regional scale.

Dr. Ioannis Charalampopoulos
Dr. Spyridon Paparrizos
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Weather, water, and climate information services for sustainable agriculture
  • Management approaches for climate-sensitive agriculture productivity
  • Climate Smart agriculture (CSA) approaches
  • Climate change and agriculture production
  • Anthropogenically driven changes in the water cycle in relation to interactions among climate, water, and agricultural systems

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Future Irrigation Water Requirements of the Main Crops Cultivated in the Niger River Basin
by Abdoulaye Oumarou Abdoulaye, Haishen Lu, Yonghua Zhu and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud
Atmosphere 2021, 12(4), 439; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12040439 - 29 Mar 2021
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Precise agricultural predictions of climate change effects on crop water productivity are essential to ensure food security and alleviate water scarcity. In this regard, the present study provides an overview of the future impacts of climate change on the irrigation of agricultural products [...] Read more.
Precise agricultural predictions of climate change effects on crop water productivity are essential to ensure food security and alleviate water scarcity. In this regard, the present study provides an overview of the future impacts of climate change on the irrigation of agricultural products such as rice, millet, maize, cassava, sorghum, and sugar cane. These crops are some of the most-consumed foodstuffs in countries of the Niger River basin. This study is realized throughout 2020 to 2080, and three Global Climate Models (GCMs) (CSIRO, MIROC5, and ECHAM. MPI-ESM-LR) have been used. The GCMs data have been provided by the IPCC5 database. The irrigation water requirement for each crop was calculated using Smith’s CROPWAT approach. The Penman–Monteith equation recommended by the FAO was used to calculate the potential evapotranspiration. The inter-annual results of the IWR, according to the set of models selected, illustrate that the largest quantities of water used for irrigation are generally observed between January and March, and the lowest quantities are the most often seen between July and September. The majority of models also illustrate a peak in the IWR between March and April. Sorghum and millet are the crops consuming the least amount of water for irrigation; followed by cassava, then rice and corn, and finally sugar cane. The most significant IWRs, which have been predicted, will be between 16.3 mm/day (MIROC5 model, RCP 4.5) and 45.9 mm/day (CSIRO model, RCP 4.5), particularly in Mali, Niger, Algeria, and rarely in Burkina-Faso (CSIRO model, RCP4.5 and 8.5). The lowest IWRs predicted by the models will be from 1.29 mm/day (MIROC5 model, RCP 4.5) to 33.4 mm/day (CSIRO model, RCP 4.5); they will be observed according to the models in Guinea, southern Mali, Ivory Coast, center and southern Nigeria, and Cameroon. However, models predict sugarcane to be the plant with the highest IWR, between 0.25 mm/day (Benin in 2020–2040) and 25.66 mm/day (Chad in 2060–2080). According to the models’ predictions, millet is the crop with the most IWR, between 0.20 mm/day (Benin from 2020 to 2060) and 19.37 mm/day (Chad in 2060–2080). With the results of this study, the countries belonging to the Niger River basin can put in place robust policies in the water resources and agriculture sectors, thus ensuring food security and high-quality production of staple crops, and avoiding water scarcity while facing the negative impacts of climate change. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agricultural Production in Relation to Local and Regional Climate Change)
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Verification of Weather and Seasonal Forecast Information Concerning the Peri-Urban Farmers’ Needs in the Lower Ganges Delta in Bangladesh
by Spyridon Paparrizos, Wouter Smolenaars, Talardia Gbangou, Erik van Slobbe and Fulco Ludwig
Atmosphere 2020, 11(10), 1041; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11101041 - 29 Sep 2020
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Skillful weather and seasonal predictions have considerable socio-economic potential and could provide meaningful information to farmers and decision-makers towards agricultural planning and decision-making. Peri-urban farmers in the Lower Ganges Delta need skillful forecast information to deal with increased hydroclimatic variability. In the current [...] Read more.
Skillful weather and seasonal predictions have considerable socio-economic potential and could provide meaningful information to farmers and decision-makers towards agricultural planning and decision-making. Peri-urban farmers in the Lower Ganges Delta need skillful forecast information to deal with increased hydroclimatic variability. In the current study, verification of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ System 5 (ECMWF SEAS5) seasonal prediction system is performed against ground observations for the Lower Ganges Delta using three skills assessment metrics. Additionally, meteoblue hindcasts are verified for Khulna station according to the peri-urban farmers’ needs and an assessment of onset/offset dates of rainy season is also conducted using the same ground observations. The results indicated that the skill of both examined products is limited during the pre-monsoon and monsoon periods, especially in the west side of the Bay of Bengal. However, during the dry winter season, skill is high, which could lead to potential agricultural benefits concerning irrigation planning. Interannual variability and trend indicated that onset dates have become later and that the length of the rainy season reduced. This could increase the pressure on the already challenging situation the farmers are experiencing, in relation to hydro-climatic variability. Full article
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Hydroclimatic Information Needs of Smallholder Farmers in the Lower Bengal Delta, Bangladesh
by Uthpal Kumar, Saskia Werners, Spyridon Paparrizos, Dilip Kumar Datta and Fulco Ludwig
Atmosphere 2020, 11(9), 1009; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11091009 - 21 Sep 2020
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Hydroclimatic information services are vital for sustainable agricultural practices in deltas. They advance adaptation practices of farmers that lead to better economic benefit through increased yields, reduced production costs, and minimized crop damage. This research explores the hydroclimatic information needs of farmers by [...] Read more.
Hydroclimatic information services are vital for sustainable agricultural practices in deltas. They advance adaptation practices of farmers that lead to better economic benefit through increased yields, reduced production costs, and minimized crop damage. This research explores the hydroclimatic information needs of farmers by addressing (1) what kind of information is needed by the periurban delta farmers, and (2) whether information needs have any temporal dimension that changes with time following capacity building during coproduction of information services. Results reveal that the attributes of weather and water-related forecasts most affecting the farmers are rainfall, temperature, water, and soil salinity, along with extreme events such as cyclone and storm surges. The majority of the male farmers prefer one- to two-week lead-time forecasts for strategic and tactical decision-making; while female farmers prefer short-time forecasts with one-day to a week lead time that suggests the difference of purpose of the forecasts between male and female farmers. Contrarily, there is little preference for monthly, seasonal, and real-time forecasts. Information communication through a smartphone app is preferred mostly because of its easy accessibility and visualization. Farmers foresee that capacity building on acquiring hydroclimatic information is vital for agricultural decision-making. We conclude that a demand-driven coproduction of a hydroclimatic information service created through iterative interaction with and for farmers will enable the farmers to understand their information needs more explicitly. Full article
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Future Climate Change Impacts on European Viticulture: A Review on Recent Scientific Advances
by Fotoula Droulia and Ioannis Charalampopoulos
Atmosphere 2021, 12(4), 495; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12040495 - 14 Apr 2021
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Climate change is a continuous spatiotemporal reality, possibly endangering the viability of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in the future. Europe emerges as an especially responsive area where the grapevine is largely recognised as one of the most important crops, playing a [...] Read more.
Climate change is a continuous spatiotemporal reality, possibly endangering the viability of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in the future. Europe emerges as an especially responsive area where the grapevine is largely recognised as one of the most important crops, playing a key environmental and socio-economic role. The mounting evidence on significant impacts of climate change on viticulture urges the scientific community in investigating the potential evolution of these impacts in the upcoming decades. In this review work, a first attempt for the compilation of selected scientific research on this subject, during a relatively recent time frame (2010–2020), is implemented. For this purpose, a thorough investigation through multiple search queries was conducted and further screened by focusing exclusively on the predicted productivity parameters (phenology timing, product quality and yield) and cultivation area alteration. Main findings on the potential impacts of future climate change are described as changes in grapevine phenological timing, alterations in grape and wine composition, heterogeneous effects on grapevine yield, the expansion into areas that were previously unsuitable for grapevine cultivation and significant geographical displacements in traditional growing areas. These compiled findings may facilitate and delineate the implementation of effective adaptation and mitigation strategies, ultimately potentiating the future sustainability of European viticulture. Full article
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