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12 Apr 2018

Agriculture: using cover crops to mitigate the effects of climate change

In Europe, around 20% of land surface area is covered by agricultural fields. During fallow periods, soils often remain bare. Researchers from the National Centre of Meteorological Research (CNRM, Météo-France/CNRS/University of Toulouse) and the Centre for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CESBIO, University of Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier/ CNRS/CNES/IRD/INRA) recently published a study in a special issue of Environmental Research Letters dedicated to climate change. In it, they quantify how cover crops could be used during fallow periods to mitigate the effects of climate change. Simulations suggest this strategy could compensate for up to 7% of the greenhouse gas emissions released by the agricultural industry in Europe.

Rice terraces in the far north of Vietnam—Nicolas Bertrand @INRA. © INRA

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24 Aug 2017

Using climate-smart cropping systems to respond to climate change

By increasing global temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, climate change will affect the distribution and productivity of crops. In a collaborative study, scientists at INRA Occitanie-Toulouse, INRA Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Bordeaux, and CIRAD sought to describe climate-smart cropping systems that can confront and adapt to the challenges presented by climate change. The results were recently published in EDP Sciences.

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04 Oct 2016

The TomGEM project to breed tomato varieties adapted to climate change

Launched in March 2016, the TomGEM project (A holistic multi-actor approach towards the design of new tomato varieties and management practices to improve  yield and quality in  the face of climate change) aims to improve the yields and quality of tomato varieties in the context of climate change. Coordinated by the INRA-ENSAT Joint Research Unit for Fruit Genomics and Biotechnology in Toulouse, and supported by the TULIP LabEx, 18 partners (from Europe, Argentina and Taiwan) are involved in this international consortium.

Série temporelle d’images MODIS 2000-2012 (résolution spatiale : 231 m ; résolution temporelle : 1 image de synthèse NDVI tous les 16 jours). © INRA, Véronique Chéret

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18 Jul 2014

Satellites to monitor the health of forests

Researchers from the Joint Research Unit for Forest Dynamics in Rural Environments (DYNAFOR), the National Centre for Forest Owners (CNPF) and the Institute for Forest Development (IDF) have monitored the dynamics of the decline of silver fir in the Pyrenees region, based on satellite images.