Climate Change and Water-Related Agricultural Risks

Dear Colleagues,

Vagaries of weather pose a major risk to water and agriculture, and the most likely to be affected are smallholders with agriculturally dependent livelihoods. Climate change will aggravate the water risks and could bring major water and food security issues in many developing nations. Therefore, managing risk in the water and agricultural sector requires urgent action among national and international agencies. The purpose of this Special Issue on “Climate Change and Water-Related Agricultural Risks” in Climate is to address the characterization and identification of the best strategies for managing climate-induced water and agricultural risks.

Assessments of climate-induced water-related risks are important for identifying strategies for the mitigation of and adaptation to agricultural risks. Floods, droughts and other extreme events are the major water-related risks affecting agriculture. Floods and droughts caused an economic loss of USD 225 billion to the agriculture sector in the last decade (EM-DAT, the international disaster database). The changes in wind patterns and pest diseases are other major climate-induced agricultural risks. This Special Issue focuses on assessments using remote sensing data, modeling tools and disruptive technologies in characterizing agricultural risks in the regions of Asia and Africa. The Special Issue also presents the best practice, policy, and financing requirements of mitigation and adaptation strategies, which include surface and underground storage, supplementary or deficit irrigation, crop and agricultural diversification, bundling solutions with index-based insurance, and climate-smart agriculture technologies including solar irrigation.

Dr. Giriraj Amarnath
Dr. Upali Amarasinghe
Guest Editors

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