New Strategies to Adapt Crops to Climate Change
Climate change is reshaping global agriculture, impacting the productivity of key crops.
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New Strategies to Adapt Crops to Climate Change
Climate change is reshaping global agriculture, impacting the productivity of key crops.
Today, agriculture faces one of the greatest challenges in its history. Factors such as rising temperatures, variability in daytime and nighttime precipitation, and the increasing frequency of extreme events such as droughts, floods, and heatwaves are already significantly affecting the productivity of key crops such as rice, beans, cassava, bananas, and tropical forages.
In response to this scenario, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is leading a paradigm shift: climate is no longer seen as an external condition but as a key variable in crop breeding programs.
Through its Climate Action area, the Alliance integrates agroclimatic models, data analysis, and advanced tools to anticipate risks, guide management decisions, and accelerate the development of crops adapted to future conditions.
This approach enables the characterization of production environments, the identification of factors that limit crop growth and development, and the simulation of crop performance under different climate scenarios.