2020
DOI: 10.3390/atmos11101124
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Evaluating Land Suitability and Potential Climate Change Impacts on Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Production in Ethiopia

Abstract: Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa with 35 million tropical livestock units. The livestock system relies on natural open grazing which is affected by frequent droughts. However, little research exists that studies the suitability of the biophysical environment for fodder production and the risks due to climate change. The main objectives of the study are to evaluate the potential effects of climate change on land suitability for alfalfa production in Ethiopia and to assess the extent of ir… Show more

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“…In order to compare the land suitabilities mapped with Maxent to land suitabilities based on ecological crop requirements, we used ECOCROP to produce maps of land suitability. We mainly chose ECOCROP due to its frequent application in land suitability assessment [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. ECOCROP works by comparing maps of climatic variables to the temperature and precipitation thresholds listed for the crops in the database [26].…”
Section: Ecocropmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In order to compare the land suitabilities mapped with Maxent to land suitabilities based on ecological crop requirements, we used ECOCROP to produce maps of land suitability. We mainly chose ECOCROP due to its frequent application in land suitability assessment [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. ECOCROP works by comparing maps of climatic variables to the temperature and precipitation thresholds listed for the crops in the database [26].…”
Section: Ecocropmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although ECOCROP by default uses thresholds from the database as inputs, some studies have calibrated the values based on land use data [26,28]. Furthermore, while the default method includes only temperatures and precipitation, some studies have modified it to include soil properties [25,[28][29][30] and topography [29,30]. Most studies using ECOCROP have focused on changes in land suitability under climate change scenarios [25][26][27][28][29]31,32].…”
Section: Ecocropmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Winter hardiness is an inherited plant characteristic as a result of adaptation to the low-temperature environment, which can improve the plant's overwinter survival and regeneration abilities [18,23]. Alfalfa is mainly located at mid-to high latitudes and frigid regions in China [5,24]. Winter hardiness is one of the major characteristics affecting alfalfa growth and productivity [25,26].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are fewer reports on the use of the ASI in alfalfa [12,19] compared to crop production [24][25][26][27]31]. ASI reflects the overall growth status of alfalfa after wintering.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%