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Assessment of Climate Changes and Their Impact on Barley Yield in Mediterranean Environment Using NEX-GDDP Downscaled GCMs and DSSAT

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In countries with scarce water resources, modeling the impacts of climate change on agricultural crops is highly important to assess levels of adverse impacts and to put future changes within the context of planning. In this study, climate change impacts on grain and biological yields of barley were assessed using data for three sites, representing Mediterranean environments in Jordan. Historical climatic and crop data were to calibrate DSSAT crop model to simulate grain and biological yields. Future climate data of daily air temperature and precipitation for the two future periods of 2030–2050 and 2080–2100, under the representative concentration pathway (RCP), were obtained from the downscaled NASA Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections (NEX-GDDP) of General Circulation Models (GCMs) simulations. The Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) model was then used to simulate barley yield under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios for the two future periods. The NEX-GDDP future climate projections showed that climate changes would be extreme in terms of declined precipitation and increased air temperature. On average, minimum air temperature would increase by 2.0–4.8 °C while maximum air temperature would increase by 2.4–5.4 °C. These changes would result in severe reductions in barley yield, as shown by the outputs from DSSAT model, except for the site of Madaba under the scenario of RCP8.5 for 2030–2050. The average reduction in grain yield would be 9–30% during 2030–2050 and 5–19% during 2080–2100. The average reduction in biological yield would be and 8–31% during 2030–2050 and 6–19% during 2080–2100. Results also showed significant correlations between DSSAT observed and simulated yield, with relatively high R2 values and low root mean square error (RMSE). Therefore, the trends of climate change would have an adverse impact on rainfed crops in Mediterranean environments similar to the sites included in this study.

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Climate scenarios used were from the NEX-GDDP dataset, prepared by the Climate Analytics Group and NASA Ames Research Center using the NASA Earth Exchange, and distributed by the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS). This publication was made possible through the support of the Office of Science and Technology, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for International Development, under the terms of Award No. AID-ME-IO-15-003. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the United States government. The authors also acknowledge the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE and the team of Regional Drought Management System (RDMS) Project for (MENA).

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  1. School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

    Jawad Al-Bakri & Emad Al-Karablieh

  2. Department of Geography, School of Arts, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

    Ibrahim Farhan

  3. Department of Land Management and Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan

    Mohammed Al-Qinna

  4. ACQUATEC Solutions, Technology Hub, Silicon Park, P.O. Box GOS-30308, Dubai, UAE

    Karim Bergouli

  5. Water, Climate Change and Resilience, International Water Management Institute, Rome, Italy

    Rachael McDonnell

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Al-Bakri, J., Farhan, I., Al-Qinna, M. et al. Assessment of Climate Changes and Their Impact on Barley Yield in Mediterranean Environment Using NEX-GDDP Downscaled GCMs and DSSAT. Earth Syst Environ 5, 751–766 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00238-1

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