Assessment of climate change impact on crop water requirements in Serbia in 2030 using CROPWAT model

One of the main problems in facing with the effects of climate change on crops is identification of efficient and sustainable mitigation and adaptation options for selected crops and environment. In this study impact of climate change on effective rain, crop water demand and irrigation requirements is calculated using CROPWAT 8.0 software package. Projections of the future climate were taken from the ECHAM5 climate models with the SRES-A2 scenario for greenhouse gas emissions for the 2030 integration period with 1971-2000 period as a reference climatology. Expected follow-up research suppose to be related to identification of crop varieties (according to favourable crop characteristics) and appropriate soil management techniques (according to favourable crop characteristics) in order to decrease negative effects of expected climate change in Serbia.