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Opportunities and limits to manage SOC for improving food production
under climate change
Ana Iglesias
UPM, Spain
OECD Joint Conference: Agriculture and agricultural soils facing climate change and food security challenges: public policies and practices. Sept 16, 2015, Paris
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Thank you!
HORIZON 2020
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food production limits
solar radiation
tempera-ture
precipi-tation
soils
managementA view of the problem from the academic side
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Source: Falloon and Betts (2010)
(A, B) Changes in soil carbon content (A, kg C m−2) (B, %). from the RothC soil carbon model driven by HadCM3LC coupled climate carbon cycle model projections (Jones et al., 2005)
(C) resulting changes in available water holding capacity (AWC—cm3 water per cm3 soil), Changes in AWC calculated according to Huntington (2006)by 2100 relative to 2000
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transpiration
runoff
rainfallirrigation
top soil
deep soil
evaporation
rizosphere
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Screening options for SOC increase: Real Learning Studies
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1,400
600
1,200
800
400
200
0
-200
-400
-600
-800
-1,000
1,000
-1,200
Ro
tatio
n-wh
eat(rain)
Man
ure-b
arley(irr)C
over-m
aize&vetch
(irr)
Min
till-barley(rain
)
Man
ure-m
aize(irr)M
in ti
ll-barley(irr)
Man
ure-b
arley(rain)
Op
t fert-barley(rain
)
Op
t fert-wh
eat(irr)
Op
t fert-wh
eat(rain)
Co
ver-vineyard
Co
ver-olives
Co
ver-almo
nd
Res m
an-wh
eat(rain)
Res m
an-barley(rain
)Res man-barley(irr)
Res m
an-wh
eat(irr)
100
Ro
tatio
n-barley(rain
)
Co
st e
ffec
tive
nes
s (
€/tC
O 2e/
ha)
Abatement potential (MtCO2e)
0.50.3 0.60.40.20.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Mini till-barley (rainfed)
Cost
- eff
ectiv
enes
s (€
/tCO
2e/h
a)
Abatement potential(MtCO2e)
Cover crops-almond
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Marginal abatement cost curve (MACC)
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Benefit of adaptation
Benefit of mitigation
Loss of mitigation
Loss of adaptation
Smart measures
Incoherent measures
Global-only measures
Local-only measures (self-benefit)
atmosphere
soil
crop
management
A view of the problem from the academic side
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Simulated maize yield response to planting date at two sites for two varieties for over 25 seasons
PLANTING DATE
YIE
LD
(T
/HA
)
SEP 29 OCT 29 NOV 28 DEC 28 JAN 27
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2
1
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MWIMBA MH-16
10th percentile50th percentile90th percentile
motivation
peoplepolicy
barriers
institutions behaviour
opportunities
limits
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Internal ExternalDrivers Extreme weather events Efforts by institutional org.
Incr. public awareness Efforts by the EURecognising benefits of policy Financial support from
institutional fundsDomestic political pressure Pressure form NGOsScientific research Progress in other countries
(technology)Barriers Lack of political awareness Neighbouring countries not
adoptingLack of institutional capacity Lack of institutional rewardsLack of financial resources Lack of guidance by the EULack of time and human resources
Communication and language
Potentially relevant variables (modified after Massey et al, 2014)
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Assumption: Climate policy that is effective has to be politically acceptable (does that mean supported by citizens?; is that linked to knowledge?)– Rhodes, Axsen, Jaccard (2014)– Stoutenborough, Vedlitz (2014)
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potential barriers to implement SOC measures
low medium high or very high