ICT-Based High-Resolution Weather and Climate Research for an Early-Warning System for Agricultural Disasters

Dear Colleagues,

Meteorological and climatological disasters such as heavy rainfall, floods, droughts, and typhoons threaten the stable supply of agricultural products and the income of farmers. Overall, the frequency and intensity of such disasters are increasing under the changing climate. We aim to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards through adopting preventative measures including greenhouse cultivation. A more complete system with efficient disaster-reduction capability is required to mitigate the impact of extreme weather. The development of climate-smart agriculture can help reduce the impact of natural hazards on food production systems and improve the livelihoods of farming communities. Specifically, the further development of disaster prevention technology is required in important crop-production areas. Such technology should provide pre-disaster warnings and facilitate the identification of disaster-affected areas and aid in conducting post-disaster surveys for the rehabilitation of crops. Disaster prevention technology can also be used to clarify the critical conditions of different crops and growth periods, estimate the probability of crop losses, and establish a complete knowledge database of crop disasters.

In this Special Issue, we will emphasize concepts and practices related to reducing agricultural weather disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal factors of disasters. This Special Issue will include articles on the sensible management of crops and the environment using innovative disaster prevention technologies, setup of the early-warning systems which send SNS messages to farmers, and evaluation of vulnerability to cultivation and economic losses as a result of disasters. In particular, we invite information and communication technology vendors to demonstrate the latest products for environmental monitoring and crop disaster (or cultivation) warning systems. We hope this collection of articles will aid in expanding climate smart agriculture and reducing the impact of natural hazards on food production systems through a multidimensional discussion.

Dr. Seung-Jae Lee
Dr. Byong-Lyol Lee
Guest Editors

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