Institute for Research and Development (IRD), DIADE Research Unit, University of Montpellier, 34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India.
J Exp Bot. 2023 Sep 2;74(16):4765-4769. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad301.
Water will be a major limitation to food production in the 21st century, and drought issues already prevail in many parts of the world. Finding solutions to ensure that farmers harvest profitable crops, and secure food supplies for families and feed for animals that will provide for them through to the next season are urgent necessities. The Interdrought community has been addressing this issue for almost 30 years in a series of international conferences, characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach across the domains of molecular biology, physiology, genetics, agronomy, breeding, environmental and social sciences, policy, and systems modeling. This special issue presents papers from the 7th edition of the conference, the first to be held in Africa, that paid special attention to drought in a smallholder context, adding a 'system' dimension to the crop focus from the previous Interdrought events (Varshney et al., 2018; Hammer et al., 2021).
水将成为 21 世纪粮食生产的主要制约因素，而干旱问题已经在世界许多地区普遍存在。找到解决方案，确保农民收获有利可图的作物，为家庭提供粮食供应，并为将为他们提供下一季节饲料的动物提供饲料，这是当务之急。干旱间社区在一系列国际会议中已经解决了这个问题近 30 年，其特点是在分子生物学、生理学、遗传学、农学、育种、环境和社会科学、政策和系统建模等领域采取多学科方法。本期特刊收录了第七届会议的论文，这是该会议首次在非洲举行，特别关注小农背景下的干旱问题，从之前的干旱间会议（Varshney 等人，2018 年；Hammer 等人，2021 年）的作物重点增加了“系统”维度。
