Climate change and its impact on cotton production: a systematic literature review

ABSTRACT Climate change is transforming our planet, leading to more frequent extreme weather events, increasing sea levels, and endangering biodiversity. Climate change has a significant impact on the production of cotton. Prior studies on climate change usually focused on specific areas, but this research aimed to fill this gap by examining 1,194 documents using bibliometric analysis and 91 documents by TCCM (Theory–Context–Characteristics–Methods) framework from the Scopus database using a systematic literature review. VOS viewer was employed for conducting bibliometric analysis. The research trend revealed a continuous rise in studies on climate change, with Zhang being the most collaborative author and the United States holding the leading position in terms of collaboration, partnering with authors from 31 other countries. ‘Climate change’ and ‘Bacillus thuringiensis’ were the hot topics during 2000–2004. There was a paradigm shift on the research topics on irrigation, irrigation systems, water management, water-use efficiency, water supply, evapotranspiration, and climate models during the recent years. Furthermore, the TCCM framework facilitated a coherent synthesis of current knowledge while also formulating extensive recommendations for future research on the impact of climate change on cotton production. Building on previous research, this study highlights the primary impacts of climate change on cotton farming.