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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34411-5
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- MAPPY project through the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF Germany) [01LS1903A]
- Open Philanthropy Project
- NASA GISS Climate Impacts Group
- International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) [IWYP115]
- USAID
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
- TAFSSA
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This study integrates models of farmers' decision making with biophysical crop modeling to simulate the adaptation of crop growing periods and its effect on crop yields. The results show that timely adaptation of growing periods can significantly increase crop yields and reduce negative impacts of climate change.
Adaptive management of crop growing periods by adjusting sowing dates and cultivars is one of the central aspects of crop production systems, tightly connected to local climate. However, it is so far underrepresented in crop-model based assessments of yields under climate change. In this study, we integrate models of farmers' decision making with biophysical crop modeling at the global scale to simulate crop calendars adaptation and its effect on crop yields of maize, rice, sorghum, soybean and wheat. We simulate crop growing periods and yields (1986-2099) under counterfactual management scenarios assuming no adaptation, timely adaptation or delayed adaptation of sowing dates and cultivars. We then compare the counterfactual growing periods and corresponding yields at the end of the century (2080-2099). We find that (i) with adaptation, temperature-driven sowing dates (typical at latitudes >30 degrees N-S) will have larger shifts than precipitation-driven sowing dates (at latitudes <30 degrees N-S); (ii) later-maturing cultivars will be needed, particularly at higher latitudes; (iii) timely adaptation of growing periods would increase actual crop yields by similar to 12%, reducing climate change negative impacts and enhancing the positive CO2 fertilization effect. Despite remaining uncertainties, crop growing periods adaptation require consideration in climate change impact assessments.
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