Hydrological Modeling and Effect of Climate Change on Land and Water Resources and Food Security

Dear Colleagues,

The continuous increasing global population and resultant demands have put more pressure on land and water resources, resulting in a threat to the sustainability of managed and natural lands in the world. Needs for agricultural expansion together with a changing climate are expected to put additional pressures on land and water resources, altering agricultural hydrology and, therefore, challenges on agriculture and food security. To address these challenges, different approaches, such as land and water management, agronomic treatments, improved crop varieties, and mapping spatial variability in supporting precision agriculture, are being used for sustaining the agricultural systems. The key strategy is to increase land and water productivity with minimum inputs and pressure on the environment. Hydrological modeling has thus become a key player in understanding and making informed decisions to address effects of climate change on land and water resources, and agricultural production systems.

This Special Issue will expect original and unpublished manuscripts that share recent works on agricultural hydrology, modeling approaches for understanding impacts of climate change, soil and water management, spatial variability and precision agriculture, water and land productivity, and related disciplines.

Dr. Lakshman Galagedara
Guest Editor

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• agricultural hydrology
• climate change
• water and land productivity