Adaptation to Climate Change of the Mediterranean Agricultural Systems
The project is implemented in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia and promotes the adaptation of Mediterranean agricultural systems to climate change through a combination of modern and traditional water management and conservation techniques and new and indigenous varieties of cereals and legumes resistant to difficult climatic conditions.
The following field days were successfully carried out:
- Wheat under full-package practices - comparing full-package with conventional practices: Maru station, Irbid, Jordan (23 April 2013). The activity involved farmers and extension agents.
- Performance and evaluation of applied technologies: Maru station, Irbid, - Jordan (14 May 2013). The activity served to present the performance of introduced varieties and management practices to farmers, extension agents, researches and decision makers. The Minister of Agriculture and more than 200 stakeholders participated in this activity
- First year results of ACLIMAS demonstration activities: Tal Al Amara, Zahle – Lebanon (18 June 2013)
Moreover, ACLIMAS also organized the following training courses:
- Conservation agriculture as an active measure to cope with climate change: Irbid – Jordan (1-3 April 2013)
- Use of modern technologies (GIS) for spatial elaboration and analysis of agro-ecological and sustainable management of Mediterranean agricultural systems: Tunis, Tunisia (16-18 April 2013)
- Crop growth modeling under water limited conditions using Aquacrop model: Tunis, Tunisia (24-27 April 2013)
- Conservation Agriculture: National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension, Jordan and Maru Station, Irbid (15 – 17 May 2013)
The following materials were produced and can be downloaded from the project’s website:
- Training material related to the course on "Principles and concepts of Conservation Agriculture": to download click here
- Video about Canola cultivation in Morocco: to see the video click here
- Video about the training on 'Climate Smart Agriculture' carried out in Tal Amara, Lebanon: to see the video click here
- Interview with farmers after the first year of implementation of ACLIMAS best management practices in Settat area (Morocco): to see the interview click here
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