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Climate is a big risk factor impacting on the performance of crop production systems and their management for profitable returns. Stewart et al. (1989) presented an interesting picture of the difficulty of achieving sustainability of an agricultural system because of varying temperature and moisture regimes. As temperatures increase and amounts of rainfall decrease, the development of sustainable cropping systems becomes more difficult. Soil degradation processes such as organic matter decline and soil erosion are generally accelerated as temperatures increase.
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Ramesh, K. (2010). More Efficient Use of Agricultural Inputs as Part of Adoption of Preparedness Strategies: Multiple Cropping. In: Stigter, K. (eds) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74698-0_30
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