Drought tolerant crops
Climate change means that we are increasingly faced with drought during the growing season, including in Flanders. This requires a systematic approach to water in agriculture, in which the use of drou...
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Agroforestry
...orestry can make farms more robust and less vulnerable to external shocks such as extreme rainfall, drought, or low prices on the global market. This is due to the higher total biomass production (...
Water in agriculture
...rinking water. What long-term solutions are there to better deal with long periods of drought? We must put maximum effort into infiltration, buffering, and reuse, certainly in the long...
Soil health
...ion)Infiltration of water during heavy rainfall (climate adaptation)Buffering water against drought (climate adaptation)Retention and release of nutrientsHosting soil biodiversity a...
Erosion
... models predict that climate change will be felt in Flanders mainly in the form of more heat waves, drought and longer periods of drought, as well as more short and intense rainstorms. The chance o...
Soil: carbon sequestration
...ore water available to the plant during the growing season which can prove crucial in periods of drought a more extensive and active soil food web which in turn contributes to a better soil structu...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in relation to agriculture
...mate was buffered by woody vegetation did not grow better in the experiment. Due to the extreme drought in 2018 and 2019, the researchers were forced to irrigate all the gardens so that enough ...
Quinoa
... water that quinoa needs. Quinoa is also a stress-resistant crop that rarely suffers from drought and salinization, and is therefore resistant to the effects of climate change. Lastly, quinoa fits ...