Global agro-climatic zoning suggests new wheat cultivation areas to counteract future food security crisis
Author:
Dadrasi Amir1, Chaichi Mehrdad2, Nehbandani Alireza3, Sheikhi Abdollatif1, Soltani Elias4, Neamati Ahmad2, Salmani Fatemeh3, Bayat Mahnaz.4, mirmoghadam Sajad5
Affiliation:
1. Agriculture College, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan 2. Hamadan Agriculture and Natural Resources 3. Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences 4. University of Tehran 5. Shiraz University
Abstract
Abstract
Global food security requires food production to be increased in the future decades. Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) methodology is a successful approach used in land evaluation studies to support sustainable agricultural development.This approach can facilitate finding suitable areas for wheat production on a global scale. This study was conducted based on a climate zone map, soil data, wheat cultivation area, yield, and production under irrigated and rainfed conditions, worldwide. The results for irrigated wheat indicated that there is an area of 59.5 Mha with an average yield of 4027 kg/ha which leads to the production of about 239.6 Mt of grain yield. Furthermore, climate zones (CZs) of 8002, 5203, 5302, 5403, and 8102 have the highest wheat production with an average of 20.7, 14.2, 13.3, 11.8, 11.5 Mt, respectively. The highest amount of irrigated wheat production has been achieved in soil type code 17 (Loam LF120), which has a cultivation area of around 23.6 Mha and a production of about 106.8 Mt. Rainfed wheat production is 410 Mt, and the cultivation area is 160.2 Mha. The highest rainfed wheat production with an average of 17 Mt was related to the 3702 CZ, followed by the other CZs (3802, 1303, 1203, 3602, 4602, etc.). The soil codes 11 (Loam HF120), 10 (Loam HF180), and 14 (Loam MF120) showed the highest rainfed wheat production. The findings of this study can be useful for agricultural scientists, authorities, and decision-makers around the world to find suitable lands to expand wheat cultivation and also to find new locations for increasing global wheat production to feed the increasing population in the world.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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