Crops and grass

Component is implemented in:

LPJmL model (version IMAGE-LPJmL 3) Components: Carbon cycle and natural vegetation Crops and grass Water

Related IMAGE components

Agriculture and land use Atmospheric composition and climate Carbon cycle and natural vegetation Carbon, vegetation, agriculture and water Land-use allocation Water

Projects/Applications

AgMIP and ISI-MIP project

Key publications

Bondeau et al., 2007 Waha et al., 2012

References

Fader et al., 2010 IPCC, 2019 Müller et al., 2009 Pitman et al., 2009 Rolinski et al., 2018 Rosenzweig et al., 2013 Schaphoff et al., 2018a Strengers et al., 2010

Flowchart Crops and grass. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page.

Key policy issues

• How will climate change affect the productivity of current and future agricultural areas?
• How could management improve agricultural productivity under current and future water constraints?
• How will agriculture affect the Earth system with respect to carbon emissions, freshwater availability and nutrient cycles?

Introduction