TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing climate change resilience in agricultural crops
AU - Benitez-Alfonso, Yoselin
AU - Soanes, Beth K.
AU - Zimba, Sibongile
AU - Sinanaj, Besiana
AU - German, Liam
AU - Sharma, Vinay
AU - Bohra, Abhishek
AU - Kolesnikova, Anastasia
AU - Dunn, Jessica A.
AU - Martin, Azahara C.
AU - Khashi u Rahman, Muhammad
AU - Saati-Santamaría, Zaki
AU - García-Fraile, Paula
AU - Ferreira, Evander A.
AU - Frazão, Leidivan A.
AU - Cowling, Wallace A.
AU - Siddique, Kadambot H.M.
AU - Pandey, Manish K.
AU - Farooq, Muhammad
AU - Varshney, Rajeev K.
AU - Chapman, Mark A.
AU - Boesch, Christine
AU - Daszkowska-Golec, Agata
AU - Foyer, Christine H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the support received from the World University Network (WUN) RDF including matching funds from partner universities. Y.B.-A. thanks UKRI for a Future Leader Fellowship (MR/T04263X/1). S.Z. thanks UKRI-GCRF-AFRICAP (BB/P027784/1) for a PhD fellowship. P.G.-F. acknowledges the Grant PCI2022-132990 co-funded by PRIMA and the AEI. A.C.M. acknowledges the funds from the Regional Government of Andalucía through the EMERGIA Grant EMC21_00147. M.K.R. acknowledges the support of the European Commission under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 101034371. P.G.-F. and Z.S.-S. acknowledge the funds received from the Regional Government of Castilla y León, Escalera de Excelencia CLU-2018-04, co-funded by the P.O. FEDER of Castilla y León 2014–2020. Z.S.-S. received a grant from the Regional Government of Castilla y León and a grant co-financed by the European NextGenerationEU, Spanish “Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia,” Spanish Ministry of Universities, and the University of Salamanca (“Ayudas para la recualificación del sistema universitario español 2021-2022”). A.K. and M.A.C. were funded by the University of Southampton. A.D.-G. was funded by the National Science Centre, Poland project [2020/38/E/NZ9/00346] SONATA BIS10 ‘(QUEST) Quest for climate-smart barley - the multi-layered genomic study of CBC function in ABA signalling’; J.A.D. is funded by an Institute for Sustainable Food fellowship, University of Sheffield; C.H.F. thanks UKRI (BBSRC/GCRF) for financial support (BB/T008865/1). M.K.P. and V.S. thank the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Agricultural Science Fund (NASF) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India for financial support. L.A.F. and E.A.F. thank Bayer S.A. and Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for financial support [Grant number 316873-2021-7]. W.A.C. acknowledges research project support at the University of Western Australia from Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG (NPZ), Germany. The authors declare no competing interests.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/12/4
Y1 - 2023/12/4
N2 - Climate change threatens global food and nutritional security through negative effects on crop growth and agricultural productivity. Many countries have adopted ambitious climate change mitigation and adaptation targets that will exacerbate the problem, as they require significant changes in current agri-food systems. In this review, we provide a roadmap for improved crop production that encompasses the effective transfer of current knowledge into plant breeding and crop management strategies that will underpin sustainable agriculture intensification and climate resilience. We identify the main problem areas and highlight outstanding questions and potential solutions that can be applied to mitigate the impacts of climate change on crop growth and productivity. Although translation of scientific advances into crop production lags far behind current scientific knowledge and technology, we consider that a holistic approach, combining disciplines in collaborative efforts, can drive better connections between research, policy, and the needs of society.
AB - Climate change threatens global food and nutritional security through negative effects on crop growth and agricultural productivity. Many countries have adopted ambitious climate change mitigation and adaptation targets that will exacerbate the problem, as they require significant changes in current agri-food systems. In this review, we provide a roadmap for improved crop production that encompasses the effective transfer of current knowledge into plant breeding and crop management strategies that will underpin sustainable agriculture intensification and climate resilience. We identify the main problem areas and highlight outstanding questions and potential solutions that can be applied to mitigate the impacts of climate change on crop growth and productivity. Although translation of scientific advances into crop production lags far behind current scientific knowledge and technology, we consider that a holistic approach, combining disciplines in collaborative efforts, can drive better connections between research, policy, and the needs of society.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85178353935
U2 - 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.028
DO - 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.028
M3 - Review article
C2 - 38052178
AN - SCOPUS:85178353935
SN - 0960-9822
VL - 33
SP - R1246-R1261
JO - Current Biology
JF - Current Biology
IS - 23
ER -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals