Strategies for Improving Water Productivity and Quality of Agricultural Crops in an Era of Climate Change
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چکیده
Climate change is one of the most serious problems facing the world today. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports confirmed that climate change will have a significant impact on global surface temperature. The projections of IPCC are that the rise of the mean temperature will be as high as 6.4oC by 2100, while the concentration of CO2 will be 1.3 times higher than it was 20 years ago. Furthermore, the number of extreme events, including heat waves, storms and flooding will increase (IPCC, 2007).
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