Urban horticulture cropping systems offer a promising solution for food security and
sustainable agriculture in rapidly urbanizing areas. This paper explores their evolving …

Freshwater biodiversity conservation has received substantial attention in the scientific
literature and is finally being recognized in policy frameworks such as the Global …

Readers of this journal are well aware of the challenges of managing one of our planet's
most critical natural resources: water. We professionals, the people we serve, and indeed …

The future of water resources relies heavily on food production. Large-scale agriculture,
driven by irrigation technology and cost reduction, has transformed traditional dryland …

The aim of this review was to provide an overview of existing farming practices and
technologies in Europe by assessing their contribution to climate-smart agricultural (CSA) …

The desertification baseline is the standard to measure the severity of desertification and is
imperative to achieve the target of land degradation neutrality of UN Sustainable …

One third of the world's largest cities are located in drylands, where much of future
urbanization is projected to occur. This is paradoxical and unsustainable considering water …

Climate change‐induced shifts in snow storage and snowmelt patterns pose risks for
adverse impacts to people, the environment, and irrigated agriculture. Existing research …

Crop cultivation in coarse sand poses challenges due to its poor water-holding capacity, and
as a consequence, such substrate is poor in holding nutrients necessary to support crop …

The Douro international region in Portugal is vulnerable to reduced water availability due to
climate change. By using spatial data, it is possible to synthesize the hydrometeorological …