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Opening remarks
Dr Si Bennasser Alaoui on behalf of IAV Hassan II
Dr Mustapha El Bouhssini on behalf of ICARDA
Both presenters stressed climate change issues and the urgency of addressing the temperature increase associated with decreased rainfall with their implications for crops and insects. Reference was made to the publication in Nature journal titled "Crop pests: Under attack" by Amy Maxmen at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v501/n7468_supp/full/501S15a.html
Setting the scene
“Targeted search for crop germplasm with climate change adaptive traits to sustain agriculture in dryland systems “ by Dr Selvadurai Dayanandan
Workshop themes:
- THEME – 1 Climate change and its impact on agriculture [Moderator: Adi Damania]
- THEME – 2 Applied mathematics and the modelling approaches for adaptation of crops to changing climate conditions [Moderator: Abdallah Bari]
- THEME – 3 Plant phenomics for adaptation of crops to changing climate in dryland systems [Moderator: Fred Stoddard]
- THEME - 4 Plant genomics for adaptation of crops to changing climate in dryland systems [Moderator: Daya Dayanandan]
- THEME - 5 Region-specific challenges and opportunities for maintaining genetic resources for sustainable agricultural productivity under changing climatic conditions in the Dry Lands [Moderator: Zakaria Kehel]
Presentation on mathematics capturing patterns of plant populations with potential to quantify carbon uptake in the face of climate change based on use of fractal geometry at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-hidden-dimension.html.
Climate change and its impact on agriculture [Moderator: Adi Damania]
Anticipated dryland expansion in scenarios of global warming
Christopher T. Simmons and H. Damon Matthew
Dr Christopher T. Simmons presented climate change and the different scenarios and those that are likely with a focus on dryland. He highlighted the difference in different models and the implications for each of the model when compared to averaging models outcome. http://www.esmg.mcgill.ca/ICARDA.pdf
Geoinformatics and genetic resources under changing climate
Biradar Chandrasekhar
The potential of geo-informatics in predictions but also in generating data that is of value in targeting and locating climate change related traits in genetic resources.
Adaptation of farmers to climate change: A system approach – A case study of cereal production in Benslimane Region, Morocco
Points made by Si Bennasser Alaoui
Morocco faces severe climate change leading to diminishing rainfall increase in temperature and salinity affecting mostly soft wheat (T. aestivum). Need of new varieties to adapt to the changing climate condition and increase diversity of crops.
Mining CIMMYT germplasm bank for assessing breeding targets for Climate Change adaptation
The potential of using pedigree in assessing genetic resources for useful traits
Zakaria Kehel.