Optimized cropping patterns under climate-change conditions

Mehri Abdi-Dehkordi (), Omid Bozorg-Haddad () and Hugo A. Loáiciga ()
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Mehri Abdi-Dehkordi: University of Tehran
Omid Bozorg-Haddad: University of Tehran
Hugo A. Loáiciga: University of California

Climatic Change, 2017, vol. 143, issue 3, No 11, 429-443

Abstract: Abstract A mathematical model is developed in this study with the goal of maximizing agricultural benefits in the Aidoghmush river basin, Iran. The results show that the cultivated area of various crops and their agricultural benefits would be increased over the planning horizon with proper management and modification of cropping patterns despite the decline in streamflow and increasing water demand under climate-change conditions. Therefore, considering the optimal cropping pattern increases agricultural benefits by 14 and 17% under baseline climatic and climate-change conditions, respectively, compared to present conditions. This paper’s results indicate that areas cultivated with various crops would increase under climate-change conditions compared to baseline climatic conditions, except for alfalfa.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-1998-9

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