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Hot and Cold Extreme Temperature Risk and Resilience in the Baltic Sea Region: Agricultural Aspects

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In accordance with the UN Goal 2 “Zero Hunger,” the target of which is, by 2030, to ensure sustainable agricultural systems that help maintain ecosystems and strengthen adaptive capacity to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding, and other disasters, the chapter discusses the influence of adverse weather conditions in different seasons of the year on crop production in the Baltic Sea region using wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and, especially, winter wheat grain production, which accounts for most of the yield compared to the spring wheat form.

This chapter contributes to the understanding of the impact of climate change on important food and fodder crops, in particular winter wheat, which plays an important role in regional food security. The findings are based on an analysis of current scientific research and open statistical data (climatic indicators and yield data) into the effects of climate on the wheat yields and productivity.

The chapter highlights the multilateral nature of the relationship between agroecosystems productivity (grain yields) and climate change, from climate risks to the importance of agrobiodiversity (expanding the range of varieties and species of cultivated crops), to reduce the negative effects, such as the effects of heat and cold and the possibility of growing new crops in the northern part of Europe due to modern climate warming.

Based on a review of modern research literature, the following adaptation measures in grain production under conditions of increasing climate extremes and adverse weather conditions were identified. These are primarily the cultivation of new heat-, frost-, and disease-resistant crop varieties, improvement of long-term weather forecasting and climate change impact on crop yields, and maintenance of landscape-ecological potential of agroecosystems.

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  1. Centre for Scientific and Technical Information, Division for Research, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

    D. V. Gaeva

  2. Institute of Living Systems, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

    G. M. Barinova

  3. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

    Eugene V. Krasnov

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Gaeva, D.V., Barinova, G.M., Krasnov, E.V. (2023). Hot and Cold Extreme Temperature Risk and Resilience in the Baltic Sea Region: Agricultural Aspects. In: Leal Filho, W., Dinis, M.A.P., Moggi, S., Price, E., Hope, A. (eds) SDGs in the European Region . Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_31-1

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