Irrigation expansion in the face of war and climate change - Nature.com

Irrigation expansion in the face of war and climate change | Nature Food

Climate change and Russian invasion threaten Ukraine’s crop production. Data-informed climate adaptations and water management for sustainable irrigation expansion are recommended for post-invasion recovery in Ukraine and global food security.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals

Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription

$29.99 / 30 days

cancel any time

Subscribe to this journal

Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles

$119.00 per year

only $9.92 per issue

Buy this article

- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

1.
WFP USA. Winning the Peace: Hunger and Instability (World Food Program USA, 2017).
2.
Rosa, L. et al. Nat. Food
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01017-7(2024).
3.
IPCC Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (eds Masson-Delmotte, V. P. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2021).
4.
Maraun, D. et al. Nat. Clim. Change 7, 764–773 (2017).
5.
Rasp, S., Pritchard, M. S. & Gentine, P. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 115, 9684–9689 (2018).
6.
Reichstein, M. et al. Nature 566, 195–204 (2019).
7.
Manabe, S. & Broccoli, A. J. Beyond Global Warming: How Numerical Models Revealed the Secrets of Climate Change 1st edn (Princeton Univ. Press, 2020).
8.
Hrozencik, R. A. & Aillery, M. Trends in US Irrigated Agriculture: Increasing Resilience Under Water Supply Scarcity. Report No. EIB-229 (US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, 2021).
9.
Medina, H. & Tian, D. Environ. Res. Lett. 18, 024020 (2023).
10.
Volk, J. M. et al. Nat. Water 2, 193–205 (2024).

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Tian, D. Irrigation expansion in the face of war and climate change. Nat Food (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01019-5

-
Published:
-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01019-5