Maximizing food production for feeding a rapidly growing human population while
minimizing critical resource use and soil quality degradation is a major challenge for global …

Rice is the principle staple crop of Asia and any deterioration of rice production systems
through climate change would seriously impair food security in this continent. This review …

Abstract Agriculture in South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, adaptation
measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, to reduce vulnerability, and to …

Africa is thought to be the region most vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and
change. Agriculture plays a dominant role in supporting rural livelihoods and economic …

During the recent decade, with the growing recognition of the possibility of climate change
and clear evidence of observed changes in climate during 20 th century, an increasing …

In recent years, maize has become one of the main alternative crops for the Autumn–Winter
growing season (off-season) in several regions of Brazil. Water deficits, sub-optimum …

With high economic and nutritional value, soybean is an important crop with increasing
global demand. In order to explore the current global potential cultivation areas of soybean …

The Ghanaian economy relies heavily on maize and soybean production. The entire maize
and soybean production system is low-tech, making it extremely susceptible to …

Crop production is vulnerable to climate variability, and climate change associated with
increases in temperature, increases in CO 2, and changing patterns of rainfall may lead to a …

Many modelling studies examine the impacts of climate change on crop yield, but few
explore either the underlying bio-physical processes, or the uncertainty inherent in the …