Diversification from field to landscape to adapt Mediterranean rainfed agriculture to water scarcity in climate change context

Molénat Jérôme, Barkaoui Karim, Benyoussef Salah, Mekki Insaf, Zitouna Rim, Jacob Frédéric. 2023. Diversification from field to landscape to adapt Mediterranean rainfed agriculture to water scarcity in climate change context. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 65:101336, 8 p.

Résumé : Rainfed Mediterranean agriculture (MA) must adapt to water scarcity due to climate change and pressures on water resources. According to recent literature, two adaptation solutions based on the concept of diversification can be explored. The first solution is crop diversification at the field level. Three main cropping systems, namely agroforestry, intercropping, and service crops, have been shown to increase soil water availability and to improve crop water use. The second solution is to consider diversification at the landscape level by diversifying crops and associated agricultural management practices (in number, abundance, and spatial organization) and building small-scale water-harvesting infrastructures (WHI). In order to move toward a sustainable MA, one of the main scientific challenges ahead is to provide knowledge and tools, such as integrated agro-hydrological models, useful to evaluate several spatiotemporal combinations of these solutions in order to optimize soil water availability and crop water use.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : adaptation aux changements climatiques, changement climatique, diversification, paysage agricole, rareté de l'eau, système de culture, agroforesterie, culture intercalaire, climat méditerranéen, ressource en eau, disponibilité des ressources en eau, paysage, agriculture

Mots-clés libres : Intercropping, Agroforestry, Cover crops, Agroecology, Landscapes

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

Agences de financement hors UE : Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Tunisian Institution of Agronomic Research and Higher Education, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche

Auteurs et affiliations

• Molénat Jérôme, Université de Montpellier (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Barkaoui Karim, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR ABSys (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-5787-3748
• Benyoussef Salah, INRAT (TUN)
• Mekki Insaf, INRGREF (TUN)
• Zitouna Rim, INRGREF (TUN)
• Jacob Frédéric, IRD (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/606296/)

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