Sustainable Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation

• Other Authors: Lewis, Kathy (Editor), Warner, Douglas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; rice field; mitigation techniques; greenhouse gas emissions; life cycle assessment; farmer acceptance; incentive measures; income distribution; cost distribution; vulnerable region; adaptation measures; Bangladesh; ENSO; Southern Oscillation Index; SOI; El Niño; La Niña; soil water; environment type; climate adaptation; management practices; crop model; APSIM; CanESM2; HadCM3; precipitation; temperature; winter wheat yield; radiative warming; atmospheric phytoremediation; N2O; nitrous oxide reductase; N2OR; nosZ; fertilizer; crop breeding; transgenic; GHG; extreme weather; agriculture production; return level; extreme value theory; weather; risk; climate change adaptation; livelihoods; geographic information; agriculture; resilience; future crop yields; climate change impacts; CO2 fertilization; corn; rice; soybeans; climate-smart agriculture; livelihood transformation; Guatemala; climate change; climate change-induced impacts; smallholder farmers; drought-prone low lands; rural Sidama; southern Ethiopia; chill accumulation; peaches; perennial crops; Georgia; South Carolina; climate-departure; crop-climate departure; crop suitability; Ecocrop; food security; West Africa; planting month; CORDEX; renewable energy technologies; sustainability; clean energy; bioenergy; biogas; industrial hemp; anaerobic digestion; inland valley development; hydroclimatic hazard; water control structure; sustainable rice production; n/a
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The Anthropocene, the time of humans. Never has human influence on the functioning of the planet been greater or in more urgent need of mitigation. Climate change, the accelerated warming of the planet's surface attributed to human activities, is now at the forefront of global politics. The agriculture sector not only contributes to climate change but also feels the severity of its effects, with the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles all subject to modification as a result. Crop production systems are each subject to different types of threat and levels of threat intensity. There is however significant potential to both adapt to and mitigate climate change within the agricultural sector and reduce these threats. Each solution must be implemented in a sustainable manner and tailored to individual regions and farming systems. This Special Issue evaluates a variety of potential climate change adaptation and mitigation techniques that account for this spatial variation, including modification to cropping systems, Climate-Smart Agriculture and the development and growth of novel crops and crop varieties.