Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability

Over the course of history, humans have moved crops from their regions of origin to new locations across the world. The social, cultural and economic drivers of these movements have generated differences not only between current distributions of crops and their climatic origins, but also between cro...

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Autores principales: Mahaut, Lucie, Pironon, Samuel, Barnagaud, Jan-Yves, Bretagnolle, Francois, Khoury, Colin K., Mehrabi, Zia, Milla, Ruben, Philipps, Charlotte, Rieseberg, Loren H., Violle, Cyrille, Renard, Delphine
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Publicado: Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126298
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author Mahaut, Lucie
Pironon, Samuel
Barnagaud, Jan-Yves
Bretagnolle, Francois
Khoury, Colin K.
Mehrabi, Zia
Milla, Ruben
Philipps, Charlotte
Rieseberg, Loren H.
Violle, Cyrille
Renard, Delphine
author_browse Barnagaud, Jan-Yves
Bretagnolle, Francois
Khoury, Colin K.
Mahaut, Lucie
Mehrabi, Zia
Milla, Ruben
Philipps, Charlotte
Pironon, Samuel
Renard, Delphine
Rieseberg, Loren H.
Violle, Cyrille
author_facet Mahaut, Lucie
Pironon, Samuel
Barnagaud, Jan-Yves
Bretagnolle, Francois
Khoury, Colin K.
Mehrabi, Zia
Milla, Ruben
Philipps, Charlotte
Rieseberg, Loren H.
Violle, Cyrille
Renard, Delphine
author_sort Mahaut, Lucie
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Over the course of history, humans have moved crops from their regions of origin to new locations across the world. The social, cultural and economic drivers of these movements have generated differences not only between current distributions of crops and their climatic origins, but also between crop distributions and climate suitability for their production. Although these mismatches are particularly important to inform agricultural strategies on climate change adaptation, they have, to date, not been quantified consistently at the global level. Here, we show that the relationships between the distributions of 12 major food crops and climate suitability for their yields display strong variation globally. After investigating the role of biophysical, socio-economic and historical factors, we report that high-income world regions display a better match between crop distribution and climate suitability. In addition, although crops are farmed predominantly in the same climatic range as their wild progenitors, climate suitability is not necessarily higher there, a pattern that reflects the legacy of domestication history on current crop distribution. Our results reveal how far the global distribution of major crops diverges from their climatic optima and call for greater consideration of the multiple dimensions of the crop socio-ecological niche in climate change adaptive strategies.
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spelling CGSpace1262982025-12-08T09:54:28Z Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability Mahaut, Lucie Pironon, Samuel Barnagaud, Jan-Yves Bretagnolle, Francois Khoury, Colin K. Mehrabi, Zia Milla, Ruben Philipps, Charlotte Rieseberg, Loren H. Violle, Cyrille Renard, Delphine biogeography food crops climate change adaptation biogeografía cultivos alimenticios adaptación al cambio climático Over the course of history, humans have moved crops from their regions of origin to new locations across the world. The social, cultural and economic drivers of these movements have generated differences not only between current distributions of crops and their climatic origins, but also between crop distributions and climate suitability for their production. Although these mismatches are particularly important to inform agricultural strategies on climate change adaptation, they have, to date, not been quantified consistently at the global level. Here, we show that the relationships between the distributions of 12 major food crops and climate suitability for their yields display strong variation globally. After investigating the role of biophysical, socio-economic and historical factors, we report that high-income world regions display a better match between crop distribution and climate suitability. In addition, although crops are farmed predominantly in the same climatic range as their wild progenitors, climate suitability is not necessarily higher there, a pattern that reflects the legacy of domestication history on current crop distribution. Our results reveal how far the global distribution of major crops diverges from their climatic optima and call for greater consideration of the multiple dimensions of the crop socio-ecological niche in climate change adaptive strategies. 2022-09-28 2022-12-23T15:33:27Z 2022-12-23T15:33:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126298 en Open Access application/pdf Royal Society Mahaut, L.; Pironon, S.; Barnagaud, J.-Y.; Bretagnolle, F.; Khoury, C.K.; Mehrabi, Z.; Milla, R.; Philipps, C.; Rieseberg, L.H.; Violle, C.; Renard, D. (2022) Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289(1983) 10 p. ISSN: 0962-8452
spellingShingle biogeography
food crops
climate change adaptation
biogeografía
cultivos alimenticios
adaptación al cambio climático
Mahaut, Lucie
Pironon, Samuel
Barnagaud, Jan-Yves
Bretagnolle, Francois
Khoury, Colin K.
Mehrabi, Zia
Milla, Ruben
Philipps, Charlotte
Rieseberg, Loren H.
Violle, Cyrille
Renard, Delphine
Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
title Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
title_full Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
title_fullStr Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
title_full_unstemmed Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
title_short Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
title_sort matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability
topic biogeography
food crops
climate change adaptation
biogeografía
cultivos alimenticios
adaptación al cambio climático
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126298
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