About this Research Topic
Water is a key requirement for crop production in arid and irrigated areas to fulfill the needs of the ever-increasing population around the globe. However, changing climate has a significant impact on agriculture production due to extreme weather conditions prevailing in the regions. Significant losses in crop yield can occur due to severe weather conditions, for example from seasonal drought or extensive rainfall. Recent research has focused to consider floods and drought risk in order to better disaster risk management, as both are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle. However, the assessment and management for agriculture risk management considering both risks is limited at different scales i.e., from field to catchment level. Therefore, this Research Topic welcomes research focusing on areas such as, but not limited to, the following:
• Methods and theories for floods and drought risk assessment focusing better agriculture;
• Disaster risk (Floods and droughts) assessment and management through statistical and environmental models and latest development like the role of planetary-scale platforms for earth sciences data and analysis;
• Downscaling of different climate models;
• Sustainable agriculture yield under climate change;
• Impact of climate change on water resources;
• Climate change impact on cryosphere
• Climate change and water cycle;
• Statistical approaches for water resources management;
• Sustainable management of water using numerical modeling.
• Methods and theories for floods and drought risk assessment focusing better agriculture;
• Disaster risk (Floods and droughts) assessment and management through statistical and environmental models and latest development like the role of planetary-scale platforms for earth sciences data and analysis;
• Downscaling of different climate models;
• Sustainable agriculture yield under climate change;
• Impact of climate change on water resources;
• Climate change impact on cryosphere
• Climate change and water cycle;
• Statistical approaches for water resources management;
• Sustainable management of water using numerical modeling.
Keywords: water, climate change, agriculture, flood, drought, water cycle
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