Understanding the impacts of crop diversification in the context of climate change: a machine learning approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.08617v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:32:49 GMT
• Title: Understanding the impacts of crop diversification in the context of climate change: a machine learning approach
• Authors: Georgios Giannarakis, Ilias Tsoumas, Stelios Neophytides, Christiana Papoutsa, Charalampos Kontoes, Diofantos Hadjimitsis
• Abstract summary: We study the impact of crop diversification on productivity in the context of climate change. We find that crop diversification significantly benefited the net primary productivity of crops, increasing it by 2.8%. In a warmer and more drought-prone climate, we conclude that crop diversification exhibits promising adaptation potential.
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• Abstract: The concept of sustainable intensification in agriculture necessitates the implementation of management practices that prioritize sustainability without compromising productivity. However, the effects of such practices are known to depend on environmental conditions, and are therefore expected to change as a result of a changing climate. We study the impact of crop diversification on productivity in the context of climate change. We leverage heterogeneous Earth Observation data and contribute a data-driven approach based on causal machine learning for understanding how crop diversification impacts may change in the future. We apply this method to the country of Cyprus throughout a 4-year period. We find that, on average, crop diversification significantly benefited the net primary productivity of crops, increasing it by 2.8%. The effect generally synergized well with higher maximum temperatures and lower soil moistures. In a warmer and more drought-prone climate, we conclude that crop diversification exhibits promising adaptation potential and is thus a sensible policy choice with regards to agricultural productivity for present and future.

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