Modeling the effects of climate change on agriculture: a focus on cropping systems
Year: 2020
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Crop models are powerful tools to explore agricultural impacts and adaptation to climate change. They are extensively used to predict the effect of climate change on agriculture. In this chapter, the authors review how crop models take into consideration climate variables and how they are used for climate change impact assessment studies, leading to model prediction but also model improvements. The chapter emphasizes that the intensive use of crop models raises challenges that need to be addressed in the coming years. It also highlights, in particular, the need for model improvements to take into account extreme events, and stresses related to low input agricultural systems.
Parent work: Climate change and agriculture
Authors: CIRAD, Burkina Faso, M Adam, K. J. Boote, G. N. Falconnier, C. H. Porter, E. Eyshi, H. Webber, CIRAD, France
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3024870591