Climate risk services for cereal farming

Agricultural production is largely determined by weather conditions during the crop growing season. An important aspect of crop yield estimation concerns crop growth development. The occurrence of meteorological events such as frosts, droughts or heat stress during the crop life cycle or during cert...

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Published inAdvances in science and research Vol. 18; pp. 21 - 25
Main Authors Gobin, Anne, Addimando, Nicoletta, Ramshorn, Christoph, Gutbrod, Karl
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 15.03.2021
Copernicus Publications
Subjects
Agricultural production
Arable land
Barley
Cereals
Climate change
Corn
Crop growth
Crop yield
Drought
Environmental risk
Extreme weather
Farming
Growing season
Heat
Heat stress
Heat tolerance
Pandemics
Phenology
Rain
Risk assessment
Weather
Weather conditions
Wheat
Winter
Winter wheat
Workflow
Belgium
Europe
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Summary:Agricultural production is largely determined by weather conditions during the crop growing season. An important aspect of crop yield estimation concerns crop growth development. The occurrence of meteorological events such as frosts, droughts or heat stress during the crop life cycle or during certain phenological stages helps explain yield fluctuations of common arable crops. We developed a methodology and visualisation tool for risk assessment, and tested the workflow for drought and frost risk for winter wheat, winter barley and grain maize in Belgium. The methodology has the potential to be extended to other extreme weather events and their impacts on crop growth in different regions of the world.
ISSN:1992-0636
1992-0628
1992-0636
DOI:10.5194/asr-18-21-2021