Abstract
Drought is one of the disasters that most widely affect and damage agricultural production in the world. In this study, the wheat yield loss risk of drought at global is assessed and mapped at the 0.5°×0.5° grid unit, comparable-geographic unit and country and region unit based on the GEPIC-V-R model. The result indicates that the top 10% countries with the highest expected annual wheat yield loss risk are China, Russia, USA, Kazakhstan, Canada, Kenya, Mongolia, Pakistan, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, and Afghanistan.
Map** Editors: **g’ai Wang (Key Laboratory of Regional Geography, Bei**g Normal University, Bei**g 100875, China), Chunqin Zhang (School of Geography, Bei**g Normal University, Bei**g 100875, China) and Shujuan Cui (School of Geography, Bei**g Normal University, Bei**g 100875, China).
Language Editor: Wei Xu (Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster, Ministry of Education, Bei**g Normal University, Bei**g 100875, China).
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