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The Role of Agriculture in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
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The Role of Agriculture in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2024 | Viewed by 1809

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Prof. Dr. Danijel Jug

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, University of J.J.Strossmayer in Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: multidisciplinary approaches to study reduced and conserved soil tillage in relation to biological, physical, and chemical soil properties in conditions of climate change, developments/innovations of sustainable agricultural management/systems according to specific agroecological conditions, adaptation of crop production to climate change, agricultural productivity, soil conservation, and remediation; main fields of expertise, scientific interest, and most important research experience are in the areas of conservation soil tillage; sustainable soil/land management; climate change in agriculture.
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Dr. Jurica Jović

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, University of J.J.Strossmayer in Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: plant-growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM); microbial biomass; crop production; agroecology; applied microbiology in agriculture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Our planet is home not only to humans, but to animals and plants too; however, today, we are all faced with global threats that have been caused exclusively by humans. Humankind impact our planet in every possible way, both positively and negatively. A threat we are all familiar with is climate change, which has many faces. Agriculture, a fundamental human activity that produces basic human needs and goods, is extremely vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. The vulnerability of agricultural production refers not only to basic crop/food/feed production, but its widespread influence on every sector and activity, including social, economic, political, human health, etc. Increases in resource consumption, human population growth, and the application of unsustainable production practices are the factors causing unprecedented levels of human-induced environmental, land, and soil degradation.

Today, more than ever, the global community has the obligation to contribute at every level, local, regional, and global, to mitigate and adapt to the negative effects of climate change. Agriculture and climate change have a causally consequential relationship. The positive turning point lies in the full acceptance and application of sustainable land management and sustainable plant/crop production practices, respecting the specificum of every region.

Prof. Dr. Danijel Jug
Dr. Jurica Jović
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Keywords

  • agricultural emission and resource depletion
  • remote sensing and modeling
  • risks/consequences/threats of climate extremes
  • biodiversity and ecosystem services
  • animal production challenges in climate change
  • climate smart agriculture
  • food security and food safety
  • conservation and restoration agriculture
  • agro-ecosystems resilience

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Characterizing Spatiotemporal Patterns of Disasters and Climates to Evaluate Hazards to Crop Production in Taiwan
by Yuan-Chih Su, Chun-Yi Wu and Bo-Jein Kuo
Agriculture 2024, 14(8), 1384; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14081384 - 16 Aug 2024
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Climate change causes frequent and severe disasters. A comprehensive assessment of disaster hazards is thus crucial to understanding variations in disaster patterns and planning mitigation and adaptation strategies. This study obtained information from a crop disaster dataset of Taiwan covering the period from [...] Read more.
Climate change causes frequent and severe disasters. A comprehensive assessment of disaster hazards is thus crucial to understanding variations in disaster patterns and planning mitigation and adaptation strategies. This study obtained information from a crop disaster dataset of Taiwan covering the period from 2003 to 2022. Additionally, principal component analysis and K-means clustering were used to create climate clusters to evaluate the effect of climate patterns on disaster hazards. The results revealed that tropical storm frequency substantially decreased, whereas rain disasters exhibited an increasing trend. The four regions of Taiwan exhibited variations in terms of hazards of various disasters. The cold wave hazard showed a significant upward trend in the central region. An upward trend of rain disaster hazards was only detected in the southern region. However, a downward trend in tropical storm hazards was detected across all regions. A distinct climate pattern was identified over the study period. After 2012, high temperature and dry climate were the primary climate patterns. These patterns exhibited a high hazard value for cold waves, droughts, and rain disasters. Hence, the present study’s findings indicate that managing cold waves and rain disasters is crucial to protecting crop production in Taiwan. Full article
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Can the Carbon Dioxide Fixation of Processing Tomato Plants Compensate for the Emissions of the Tomato Industry?
by Juan Ignacio Gutiérrez-Cabanillas, Elena Ordiales Rey, Micaela Carvajal and Francisco Espinosa Borreguero
Agriculture 2024, 14(8), 1267; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14081267 - 1 Aug 2024
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Processing tomato is one of the most important crops in Extremadura region, Spain, since the largest national agricultural production and first industrial processing of this sector is concentrated in this area. In these two production stages, greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emitted, but there [...] Read more.
Processing tomato is one of the most important crops in Extremadura region, Spain, since the largest national agricultural production and first industrial processing of this sector is concentrated in this area. In these two production stages, greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emitted, but there is also a capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) by the plants and therefore, this study focuses on assessing the carbon balance of this activity in this specific crop area. In this work, the amount of CO2 fixed by tomato plants is evaluated, bearing in mind the production area and tomato cultivars. Subsequently, the carbon footprint is calculated, and finally, the carbon balance is established for each location. Under the conditions of this study, each processing tomato plant annually fixes 0.6090 kg of CO2, and each kilogram of tomato produced allows 0.1905 kg of CO2 to be captured. In contrast, GHG emissions average 0.0338 kg CO2 equivalent; therefore, the carbon balance is clearly positive. Even adding the emissions from the industry to those from farming, the carbon balance of this activity is clearly positive (0.0900 kg CO2 captured for each kg of tomato processed), indicating that processing tomato crops in this area of Spain could more than compensate for the emissions produced. Full article
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