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

Future climate-zone shifts are threatening steep-slope agriculture

Wendi Wang  1 , Anton Pijl  1 , Paolo Tarolli  2
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Future climate-zone shifts are threatening steep-slope agriculture

Wendi Wang et al. Nat Food. 2022 Mar.

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.

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