Projection of Agricultural Water Stress for Climate Change Scenarios: A Regional Case Study of Iraq

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 12; p. 1288
• Main Authors: Salman, Saleem A., Shahid, Shamsuddin, Sharafati, Ahmad, Salem, Golam Saleh Ahmed, Bakar, Amyrhul Abu, Farooque, Aitazaz Ahsan, Chung, Eun-Sung, Ahmed, Yaseen Adnan, Mikhail, Bryukhov, Yaseen, Zaher Mundher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Agricultural development; Agriculture; Arid regions; Arid zones; Case studies; Climate change; Crops; crops water availability; Declination; general circulation models; Global climate models; Hydrology; Iraq; Irrigation; Precipitation; Productivity; Rank tests; Simulation; Sorghum; Summer; temperature; trend analysis; Water availability; Water balance; Water demand; Water shortages; Water stress; Water supply; Winter; West Asia; Iraq

Assessment of possible changes in crops water stress due to climate alteration is essential for agricultural planning, particularly in arid regions where water supply is the major challenge for agricultural development. This study aims to project climatic water availability (CWA) and crop water dema...