Land degradation and climate change: Global impact on wheat yields
Findings from my recent study demonstrate that land degradation more than climate change is likely to pose significant challenges for overall food production in the future. We estimated the wheat yield response to future challenges (land degradation and climate change) through a statistical emulator. We used data from Global Agro-ecological Zones on the overall wheat yields of 254 provinces for nine main wheat-producing countries and corresponding climate and land suitability information. Three scenarios were developed to predict, separately and jointly, the impact of climate change and land degradation on wheat yields and productions in 2050 using the global climate model ECHAM4 information […]