18th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy

1. Introduction: In the Mediterranean context, conservation agriculture (CA) is gaining importance due to the rising costs of conventional agriculture (CN) (Cicek et al., 2023). Various solutions have been identified to mitigate the initial drawbacks of switching from CN to CA, but yield losses and soil compaction still occur. The aim of the experiment was to assess the short-term effects...

1. Introduction
The availability and quality of water resources impose substantial constraints on crop production, particularly affecting arid and semi-arid regions. In the Mediterranean, the climate change driven increase of irrigation requirements by 2080 is estimated to exceed 70 % when taking population growth into consideration [1]. The development and implementation of improved...

In recent decades, a significant global shift in our food system was observed, marked by increased consumption of high-calorie diets, processed foods, and animal products. This trend led to a surge in obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and non-communicable diseases [1,2]. To sustain this food system and meet the needs of a growing population, agriculture underwent transformation with the...

Climate change significantly impacts legume crop production systems, necessitating adaptive crop management strategies (1), especially in low-input agricolture. In response, our study utilizes the MONICA crop model (2), previously refined and validated with chickpea and lentil field trial data from Europe, to forecast the response of these crops to upcoming climate variations throughout Italy....