PMID- 34737405
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220113
LR  - 20230207
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Nov 4
TI  - Vulnerability assessment of agricultural production systems to drought stresses 
      using robustness measures.
PG  - 21648
LID - 10.1038/s41598-021-98829-5 [doi]
LID - 21648
AB  - Intensification of droughts in agricultural areas threaten global food security. 
      The impacts of drought stresses vary widely across a region, not only due to 
      climate variability but also due to heterogeneous soil and groundwater buffering 
      capacities which protect against droughts. An innovative drought vulnerability 
      index was developed by reconciling the negative effects of drought stresses 
      against the robustness offered by hydrologic buffers. Indicators for climate 
      stresses, soil and groundwater buffering capacities were defined using physical 
      principles and integrated using a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) 
      framework. The framework was applied to delineate drought vulnerability of 
      agricultural production systems and evaluate current cropping choices across the 
      High Plains region of the US that is underlain by the Ogallala Aquifer. Current 
      crop growth choices appeared to be compatible with the intrinsic drought 
      vulnerabilities with cotton and sorghum grown in higher vulnerability areas and 
      corn and soybean produced in areas with lower vulnerability. Nearly 50% of the 
      aquifer region fell in the transition zone exhibiting medium to high 
      vulnerabilities warranting the need for better water management to adapt to a 
      changing climate.
CI  - (c) 2021. The Author(s).
FAU - Cruz, Marangely Gonzalez
AU  - Cruz MG
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech 
      University, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1023, USA.
FAU - Hernandez, E Annette
AU  - Hernandez EA
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech 
      University, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1023, USA. annette.hernandez@ttu.edu.
FAU - Uddameri, Venkatesh
AU  - Uddameri V
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech 
      University, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1023, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - agreement number 58-3090-9-006/Agricultural Research Service/
GR  - agreement number 58-3090-9-006/Agricultural Research Service/
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20211104
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC8568896
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/11/06 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/06 06:01
PMCR- 2021/11/04
CRDT- 2021/11/05 06:40
PHST- 2020/05/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/09/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/11/05 06:40 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/11/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/06 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/11/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-021-98829-5 [pii]
AID - 98829 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-021-98829-5 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 4;11(1):21648. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98829-5.