Climate change and agriculture management

Western Balkan region analysis

Franc Željko Županič (Author), Danka Radić (Author), Iztok Podbregar (Author)

Abstract

Background: This paper aims to analyze the possibilities of the agricultural sector of the Western Balkan to assess compliance with the European Green Deal, which provides for the implementation of activities, which should enable the transition to sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation. This paper is among the first to present the causality of agriculture and climate change (status, mitigation, and perspectives) in general and in light of the European Green Deal for the Western Balkan territory. Main text: Agricultural production is a leading industry in the Western Balkan. Climate change and predictions that temperatures will increase by 4 °C in the coming decades pose a risk not only to agricultural production but also to the safety of the population, because agriculture is the main source of income for a significant part of it. Uncontrolled floods and droughts caused by climate change are a particular danger for agriculture and human existence. This paper demonstrates that agriculture in the WB can be considered critically affected by climate change. Conclusions:Unless appropriate measures are taken and risk management for water resources and agriculture is improved, there will be a further decrease in precipitation and an increase in dry days by 20%. Such a scenario endangers not only the already vulnerable climate sustainability and biodiversity of the region but also the existence of a population employed in agriculture and the contribution of the agricultural sector to the gross domestic product. However, future planning based on the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and European Green Deal, the adoption of a related regulatory framework, the establishment and regular monitoring of supporting financing mechanisms, regional cooperation, and improving risk management (with emphasis on the local level) can mitigate the present impact and decrease the expected negative impact of climate change on agriculture and biodiversity in the WB region.

Keywords

podnebne spremembe;trajnostno kmetijstvo;upravljanje s tveganji;države Zahodnega Balkana;EU zeleni dogovor;climate change;sustainable agriculture;risk management;Western Balkan countries;European Green Deal;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.02 - Review Article
Organization:	UM FOV - Faculty of Organizational Sciences
Publisher:	Springer
UDC:	502.131.1:631:005
COBISS:	89873411
ISSN:	2192-0567
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	podnebne spremembe;trajnostno kmetijstvo;upravljanje s tveganji;države Zahodnega Balkana;EU zeleni dogovor;
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	9 str.
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ11
Issue:	ǂarticle ǂ51
Chronology:	2021
DOI:	10.1186/s13705-021-00327-z
ID:	25384829