18th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy

The growing negative impacts of climate change on society and ecosystems necessitate accelerating the transition towards sustainable mitigation solutions. Agriculture is responsible for around 12% of EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (EEA, 2022). Yet, it also offers significant opportunities for climate change mitigation, notably through the potential of agricultural soils to sequester carbon....

The Mediterranean region is considered a hot spot for climate change with recent acceleration generating major risks in several key sectors, particularly concerning water availability or food production (Cramer et al., 2018). The resilience of agriculture has recently become a critical challenge in supporting farmers in a context of increasing short- and long-term risks. Over the past decade,...

In the context of climate change, the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and the storage of carbon in soil must be encouraged to limit global warming. The agricultural sector contributes to 18.4 % of French GHG emissions in which 29 % was associated with crop fertilization (Citepa, 2023). Field crops are part of the problem through the use of fertilizers, as well as to the loss of...

Winter cereals play a crucial role in human diets. The initial impacts of climate change on these strategic crops include yield stagnation and increased yield variability (Olesen et al., 2011). Projections indicate that for every additional degree Celsius of temperature increase, global wheat production could decrease by 6% (Asseng et al., 2015). Climate change impacts and adaptation...

Increasing and heat and drought are major abiotic stressors threatening European cereal yields under climate change. So far little is known about the spatio-temporal yield effect of these stressors (Lüttger and Feike, 2018). In this study, we assess genotype (G) × environment (E) × management (M) specific weather-yield relations utilizing spatially explicit weather indices (WIs) and variety...

Introduction
Agriculture is currently facing the challenge of ensuring food security. In addition, climate change affects the sustainability of farming systems by decreasing crop yield and soil fertility (Kakabouky, 2021). Novel agriculture practices, such as the inclusion of alternative crops into traditional cropping systems could be a new solution to pursue environmental benefits. In...