Crop Circles in the Corn Belt: A Farm-Scale Model to Curb Future Crop Yield Loss with Blended Policy-Structural Adaptations

Abstract

In today's rainfed agricultural regions farmers reliably produce marketable yields without the need for irrigation technology or specific planting policies. However, climate change is expected to challenge global food security. As a result, farmers might seek adaptation strategies. This research investigates the spatiotemporal suitability of blended policy-structural adaptations to reduce yield losses in Greene County, Ohio. A crop-water model is used to calibrate and generate field-scale yield predictions. The resultant framework holds the potential to inform farmer and county-level decision making under future climate uncertainty, and it illustrates the tradeoffs between adaptation cost and yield security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2021
Accession Number
AD1138291

Entities

People

  • Daniel L. Ress

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agriculture
  • Case Studies
  • Climate Change
  • Ecology
  • Economic Analysis
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Irrigation Systems
  • Planting
  • Plants
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

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  • Economics
  • Industrial Economics
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.