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MASCC

Mediterranean Agricultural Soils Conservation under global Change

(2016 – 2019)

Overall budget: about 430 k€

Coordinator Damien RACLOT, I.R.D. (French Research Institute for Development), France

currently hosted at IAV Hassan II, Morocco

ARIMNet & ARIMNet2 meeting – 14-16 March 2016, Lisbon, Portugal

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CONSORTIUM

ARIMNet & ARIMNet2 Meeting, 14-15 March 2016, Lisbon

• Partner 1 (Coordinator): I.R.D., UMR LISAH (IRD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro), France

• Partner 2: University of Catania, Italy

• Partner 3: Agronomic & Veterinary Intitute (IAV Hassan II), Morocco

• Partner 4: University of Aveiro (CESAM), Portugal

• Partner 5: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDÆA-CSIC), Spain

• Partner 6: National Researches Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (INRGREF), Tunisia

=> Already involved in recent and ongoing projects related to adaptation to global changes

=> Built upon a previous network (R_Osmed network, 2012-2015, French MISTRAL/Sicmed initiative)

=> Already sharing existing database on a wide range of Mediterranean contexts •- long-term monitoring of soil water erosion at catchment scale (including extreme events)

=> Perfect knowledge of a landscape modelling tool for assessing both on-site and off-site effects of soil erosion as LANDSOIL model developed in LISAH

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Objective 1: To assess the similarities/dissimilarities in dominant factors affecting the current Mediterranean agricultural soil vulnerability by exploring a wide range of Mediterranean contexts

Objective 2: To evaluate the vulnerability and resilience of agricultural production to a combination of potential changes in a wide range of Mediterranean contexts

Objective 3: To provide guidelines on sustainable agricultural conservation strategies adapted to each specific agro-ecosystem and taking into consideration both on- and off-site erosion effects and socio-economics issues

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SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

1. Present soil degradation based on the extensive existing database similarities/dissimilarities in dominant factors affecting the current Mediterranean agricultural soil vulnerability impact of extreme events

2. Elaborating scenarios based on a shared experience of mitigation strategies assessment of innovative agricultural practices (literature review; expertise and surveys)

four narrative scenarios for 2050: business as usual; production; protection; sustainable

3. Numerical modelling parameterization and validation of the model based on current conditions simulating both on-site and off-site soil evolution for the four scenarios

4. Assessment of mitigation strategies to derive guidelines adapted to each agro-ecosystem comparing the present and future on-site and off-site effects of soil erosion on agriculture sustainability for each studied site

comparing agriculture sustainability in the study sites and for the four scenarios

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EXPECTED IMPACT & INNOVATION

For scientific communities methodological advances and cognitive results about the soil sustainability of mediterranean agrosystems under global changes (disseminated through scientific papers, international congresses and workshops) capacity building (Master, PhD and post-docs) with a shared transnational experience (including a 4 days course on a field experiment in one of the monitored catchments)

For policy makers accurate diagnosis on mitigation strategies that must be favoured in each agrosystem context (disseminated through technical papers and participatory workshops)

identification of priority areas requiring an immediate attention

For local actors better cope with the expected transformation of the local agrosystems (disseminated to technical institutes, dissemination centres and farmers through interviews, participatory workshops, technical papers, policy briefs, scientific report)

ARIMNet & ARIMNet2 Meeting, 14-15 March 2016, Lisbon

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permanent sowed grass in inter-rows, terracing and vegetated filter strips

extensive controlled grazing

terracing restoration and agro-forestry

post-fire emergency erosion such as mulching

permanent cover in inter-rows and organic amendment

agro-forestry, reduced tillage, hillslope reservoirs and terracing

terracing, agroforestry, hillslope reservoirs and organic amendment