The 2nd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference will be held March 26-28, 2017 in Meliá Sitges, Sitges (near Barcelona), Spain.
The conference will focus on the likely impact of climate change on crop production and explore approaches to maintain and increase crop productivity into the future.
Organizers say: “Increased crop yields during the last century were brought about through breeding for increased harvest index and disease resistance, as well as by using more irrigation water and agrochemicals. Improved cultivars were adopted readily during this period of relative climate stability. While genetic gains continue, albeit at reduced rates, productivity is in decline in many regions. Given the multiple challenges of climate change, reduced water supplies, and declining soil fertility in many regions, new approaches to produce climate resilient crops are desperately needed.”
Topics include:
- Increased agricultural uncertainty
- Modelling and its application
- Abiotic stress
- Effects of CO2 on plant growth
- Impacts on nutrition, quality and resource use efficiency
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Innovative agronomic and breeding practices
- New crops for a new climate
Go to www.agricultureandclimatechange.com for more info.