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Abstract(s)
Climate change is a challenging fact influencing diverse sectors in society including the
agricultural one, which is heavily dependent on natural resources and climate. In the Mediterranean
region, climate change‐related increases in air temperature, and in the frequency and intensity of
extreme weather events, such as droughts, boost the pressure on the agricultural systems and affect
crop yield potential. The growth of the world population implies that production needs to increase
in a sustainable manner. Therefore, this study focuses on the maize crop due to its importance for
food security and because it is a crop with significant water consumption that occupies a large
worldwide area. In order to study climate change impacts on crop production, plant water
requirements, and provide farmers guidelines helping them to adapt, it is necessary to
simultaneously evaluate a large number of factors. For this reason, modelling tools are normally
used to measure the future impact of climate change on crop yield by using historical and future
climate data. This review focuses on climate change impacts on maize crop irrigation requirements
and compares—by means of critical analysis—existing approaches that allow for the building a set
of mitigation and adaptation measures throughout the study of climate.
Description
Keywords
crop water productivity irrigation requirements mitigation and adaptation measures on agriculture crop yield modelling
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Soares, D.; Paço, T.A.; Rolim, J. Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Irrigation Water Requirements under Mediterranean Conditions— A Review of the Methodological Approaches Focusing on Maize Crop. Agronomy 2023, 13, 117
Publisher
MDPI