Extreme Weather Events in Agriculture: A Systematic Review

Despite the increase of publications focusing on the consequences of extreme weather events (EWE) for the agricultural sector, a specific review of EWE related to agriculture is missing. This work aimed at assessing the interrelation between EWE and agriculture through a systematic quantitative revi...

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Published in:Sustainability 2019-05, Vol.11 (9), p.2547
Main Authors: Cogato, Alessia, Meggio, Franco, De Antoni Migliorati, Massimiliano, Marinello, Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Climate change
Corn
Crops
Developing countries
Drought
Extreme weather
Food security
Heat
LDCs
Literature reviews
Meta-analysis
Photosynthesis
Scientometrics
Sustainability
Systematic review
Topsoil
Weather
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Summary:Despite the increase of publications focusing on the consequences of extreme weather events (EWE) for the agricultural sector, a specific review of EWE related to agriculture is missing. This work aimed at assessing the interrelation between EWE and agriculture through a systematic quantitative review of current scientific literature. The review analysed 19 major cropping systems (cereals, legumes, viticulture, horticulture and pastures) across five continents. Documents were extracted from the Scopus database and examined with a text mining tool to appraise the trend of publications across the years, the specific EWE-related issues examined and the research gaps addressed. The results highlighted that food security and economic losses due to the EWE represent a major interest of the scientific community. Implementation of remote sensing and imagery techniques for monitoring and detecting the effects of EWE is still underdeveloped. Large research gaps still lie in the areas concerning the effects of EWE on major cash crops (grapevine and tomato) and the agronomic dynamics of EWE in developing countries. Current knowledge on the physiological dynamics regulating the responses of main crops to EWE appears to be well established, while more research is urgently needed in the fields of mitigation measures and governance systems.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su11092547