Adaptation of global land use and management intensity to changes in climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide.

ABSTRACT: Land use contributes to environmental change, but is also influenced by such changes. Climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂ ) levels' changes alter agricultural crop productivity, plant water requirements and irrigation water availability. The global food system needs to respond and adapt to these changes, for example, by altering agricultural practices, including the crop types or intensity of management, or shifting cultivated areas within and between countries. As impacts and associated adaptation responses are spatially specific, understanding the land use adaptation to environmental changes requires crop productivity representations that capture spatial variations. The impact of variation in management practices, including fertiliser and irrigation rates, also needs t

SUBMITTER: Alexander P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6032878 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature