FP6 - 3944 AGRIDEMA - Introducing tools for agricultural decision-making under climate change conditions by connecting users and tool-providers

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Type of Project	Integrated Project
Contract No	FP6 - 3944
Total Cost	230 KEuro
EC Contribution	230 KEuro
Start Date	11-12-2004
Duration	12 Months

Abstract

New policies must be adopted under climate change conditions to secure sustainability of agricultural crop production. Despite of the recognized relevance of the European-provided modelling tools for climate risk assessments, they have been not noticeable applied for supporting agricultural decision-making within Europe, neither worldwide. On the other hand, the European research funds concerning agricultural climate-change impact assessments have been addressed mainly to theoretical issues rather than to research-results applications; although climate change and particularly its linked climate variability could lead to significant damages and yield losses in the next decades. Researchers and farmer advisers from local agricultural-services can effectively realize which practical decisions should be taken for mitigating the possible climate risks on their local conditions. However, those local institutions are not usually connected to high-level researches neither to EU funding procedures and they need support before being able to use the European-provided modelling tools.

Hence, this activity aims to establish connections and feedback mechanisms between high level research centres of Europe; where modelling tools have been developed and tested ("developers"); with their potential users from local agricultural decision-making ("users"). This will be done through initial contacts, short courses and pilot primary assessments. The local researchers to be initially supported by the SSA should be those located in the EU and EU-associated countries where global-change and weather extreme-events could bring the most negative consequences. The SSA should establish a continuous acting information network, comprising several European "developers" and "users".

Coordinator

Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León, ITACYL, Spain

Partners

• Institute of Meteorology and Physics (IMP), University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU), Austria.
• National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), Bulgaria

Contacts

Contact

• Pascual Herrera GARICA / Estación Enológica de Castilla y Leon SPAIN