Background Global climate is changing more rapidly than ever, threatening plant growth and
productivity while exerting considerable direct and indirect effects on the quality and quantity …

Climate change is threatening future global food and nutrition security. Limiting the increase
in global temperature to 1· 5° C set out in The Paris Agreement (2015) while achieving …

Feeding the world's growing population is a serious challenge. Food insecurity is
concentrated in developing nations, where drought and low soil fertility are primary …

Food security and the protection of the environment are urgent issues for global society,
particularly with the uncertainties of climate change. Changing climate is predicted to have a …

Current trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to satisfy
future demand under predicted climate change scenarios unless rates of crop improvement …

Anthropogenic increases in fossil fuel emissions have been a primary driver of increased
concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO 2]) and other greenhouse gases …

Written by a team of top soil scientists and ecologists, this book discusses the impact of
projected climate change on soil quality, water resources, temperature regime, and growing …

Food production must be increased to respond to the demands of a growing world
population and the challenges posed by climate change. Higher temperatures …

Crop improvement programs are facing serious challenges to sustain food and more
importantly nutritional demand from global population, due to changing climate. Major staple …

This Special Issue of Plant and Soil presents highlights from the XVIII International Plant
Nutrition Colloquium (IPNC), which was held from 21 to 24 August 2017 in Copenhagen …