Future climate-zone shifts are threatening steep-slope agriculture

Wendi Wang; Anton Pijl; Paolo Tarolli

doi:10.1038/s43016-021-00454-y

Future climate-zone shifts are threatening steep-slope agriculture

Nat Food. 2022 Mar;3(3):193-196. doi: 10.1038/s43016-021-00454-y. Epub 2022 Feb 14.

Authors

Wendi Wang¹, Anton Pijl¹, Paolo Tarolli²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy.
² Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy. paolo.tarolli@unipd.it.

PMID: 37117637
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00454-y

Abstract

Steep-slope agricultural systems are important for food production worldwide. Here we provide a high-resolution global map of steep-slope agricultural landscapes and their spatial distribution in the Köppen-Geiger climate zones for the present day (1980-2016) and future (2071-2100) scenarios. Our analysis demonstrates that steep-slope agricultural areas are much more affected by shifting climate zones than average global agricultural lands, especially by the expansion of arid zones.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't