This project is funded by
the European Union
Resilient and low-emitting agricultureDr Jerzy Kozyra & Dr Rafał Wawer
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Reasarch Institute; Puławy. POLAND
21.02.2017
NDC Working group meeting,
Central Park Hotel, Address: 165, S. Rahimov street, Baku, Azerbaijan
Content of presentation
• Climate change impact on agriculture in Europe – key
messages
• Role of European Agriculture in GHG emissions
• Climate measures in EU and in Poland
• LCAgri – testing low carbon practices for Polish agiculture
• ENORASIS – how to care about water and soil
• Conlusions
Key messages for agriculture in Europe
from the climate change impact and vulnerability report
Source: Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016 | An indicator-based report
• Extreme climatic events, including droughts and heat
waves, have negatively affected crop productivity in
Europe during the first decade of the 21st century.
• Throughout Europe, the increased frequency of extreme
events is expected to increase the risk of crop losses and impose risks on livestock production.
Projected water-limited crop yield2050 compared with the period 1961–1990
Source: Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016 | An indicator-based report
Key messages for agriculture in Europe
from the climate change impact and vulnerability report
Source: Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016 | An indicator-based report
• The impact of increasing water requirements is expected to be most acute in southern and central Europe, where the crop water deficit and irrigation requirements are projected to increase.
• This may lead to an expansion of irrigation systems, even in regions currently without irrigation systems. However, this expansion may be constrained by projected reductions in water availability and increased demand from other sectors and for other uses.
Key messages on contribution of European agriculture
to global warming
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Agriculture_-_greenhouse_gas_emission_statistics
Change in aggregated emissions of methane and nitrousoxide from agriculture in Europe, by country, 1990–2012
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Agriculture_-_greenhouse_gas_emission_statistics
In April 2013 the European Commission adopted
EU strategy on adaptation to climate change
(COM/2013/0216).
• In the Strategy where agriculture is indicated as a key
vulnerable sector the Commission encourages all
Member states for further promotion of adaptation and
resilience measures.
• The most influencial policy in Europe - the Common
Agricultural Policy, supports the adapation to climate
change
The new greening architecture of the Common Agricultural
Policy in Europe (CAP, 2014-2020)
30% of budget should be dedicated to climate actions
Source: DG Agriculture Rural Development
Cross compliance
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Mandatorywith financial support(decoupled „green”
payments per hectares)
Regulatory (Statutory
Management Requirements
and Good Agricultural Environmental
Conditions)
Strategic Plan for Adaptation to climate change in Poland
proposed for agriculture (SPA 2013):
• Setting up local systems for monitoring and warning
about approaching hazards in agriculture
• Organizational and technical changes in agriculture to
avoid excessive losses by adjusting agricultural activities
to the observed climate change
http://www.susza.iung.pulawy.pl/en/
Low carbon agricultural practices are tested
in frame of Biostrateg LCAgri project in Poland(selected 6 out of 10 below)
Practice 2 (LC2) - Use of Decision Support Systems computer tools for N opt.
Practice 3 (LC3) - Tailor N application according to actual crop needs
Practice 4 (LC4) - Application of fertilizers directly into the soil
Practice 6 (LC6) - Crops diversification including implementation of legumes crops
Practice 8 (LC8) - Conservation agriculture (strip-till, reduced-till, cover crops)
Practice 9 (LC9) - Implementation of precision farming methods - soil and yield
mapping and parallel motion technology (http://www.lcagri.iung.pl/en/)
ICT decision support tools for agricultureENORASIS – optimisation of water use
Challange
• When and how much to irrigate?
• Goal: save water without compromising yield and farmer’s income. Measure
how much water is used at catchment level (water management bodies)
Solution
• Direct measurement of soil moisture in root zone
• Parallel algorithms for water demand calculations in case of system fault
• Weather forecast to prevent watering in days with natural precipitation
• Automation of valve operation, addressing water availability issues
• Several user GUI: web, Android, geoportal
ICT decision support tools for agricultureENORASIS – optimisation of water use
Results
• Pilot implementations in Poland (potato, maize, strawberry), Serbia (apple,
cherry), Turkey (cotton, maize) and Cyprus (grapefruit)
• Large water saving in every case, reaching 1000% in strawberry. Huge yield
increase in potato (compared to non-irigation, standard irrigation schemes).
Increasy of yield quality in every case.
Follow up
• Aquastatus DSS system
• Wireless sensor network of soil sensors in soil
• Android application with daily irrigation plans
• Helped to save plantations in drought of 2015 and 2016
ICT decision support tools for agricultureENORASIS – optimisation of water use
Developments to go on wider scale:
• Monintoring and modelling system for local ground and surface water
resources for agriculture
• Implementation of small retention strategy for Poland, covering:
• Landscape storage in reservois;
• Afforestations to prevent excessive evapotranspiration in summer;
• Change in farming practices to increase soil organic matter to raise soil retention
capacity,
• Improvement of existing soil drainage systems to allow both-way regulation of water
levels in soils.
• New ICT technologies allowing integration of information, forecasts and
warnings from various sources into online services and farm DSS tools
Conclusion
Resilient and low-emitting agriculture
is the agriculture that is able to adopt the most effective agricultural practices to improve the efficiency of resources use by implementing innovative farming practices.
The most crucial goals are the nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and soil organic matterconservation.
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