Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change.

ABSTRACT: Coffee, cashew and avocado are of high socio-economic importance in many tropical smallholder farming systems around the globe. As plantation crops with a long lifespan, their cultivation requires long-term planning. The evaluation of climate change impacts on their biophysical suitability is therefore essential for developing adaptation measures and selecting appropriate varieties or crops. In this study, we modelled the current and future suitability of coffee arabica, cashew and avocado on a global scale based on climatic and soil requirements of the three crops. We used climate outputs of 14 global circulation models based on three emission scenarios to model the future (2050) climate change impacts on the crops both globally and in the main producing countries. For all three crops, cl

SUBMITTER: Gruter R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791496 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature