General information
| Name of region | Brandenburg |
| Global Environmental Zone(s) (Metzger) | H. Cool temperate and dry |
| Population density (persons per km2) | 83 |
| Contact (general) | Peter Zander |
| Contact (ag. scenarios) | |
| Location (NUTS code) | DE4 |
| Dominant regional farming system(s) (SEAMLESS nomenclature) |
Arable/cereal and mixed farming |
| The three most important farming systems in region (SEAMLESS nomenclature) |
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| Main crop species |
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| Main livestock species |
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Regional development goal in rural spatial planning
Specific issues the region deals with/will deal with
sandy soils, dry summer
Regional challenges with regard to climate change
dryer summer - wetter winter
Proposed solutions to overcome the challenges
Contribution to answering the focus question
modelling of the development of yields under changing climate conditions economic evaluation of irrigation using modelled yields and variance under CC minimum tillage, irrigation
Important adaptation measures that are or will be considered in the study
| Water management | |
| Irrigation | is important to this region AND will be included in the modelling exercise |
| Drainage | |
| Species/varietal choice | |
| Plant breeding | |
| Changed planting/sowing days | is important to this region AND will be included in the modelling exercise |
| Crop rotations | is important to this region AND will be included in the modelling exercise |
| Alternative tillage methods | |
| Pest/weed management | |
| Housing of livestock | |
| Land consolidation | |
| Management of feeding and reproduction of livestock | |
| Structure and scale of production adjustment | |
| Crop insurance | |
| Exit from agriculture | |
| Climate alertness | |
| Political regulations at various administrative levels | |
| Others | |
Models, stakeholders, advancement of knowledge
| Socio-economy | Crops | Grassland | Livestock |
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| MODAM | HERMES | ||
| How are results of of crop and livestock models assimilated in socio-economic models? | How is technological progress in arable agriculture taken into account? | How is technological progress in livestock farming taken into account? | |
| yields, nitrogen feritilisation and timing of moast important crop management activities are taken from the HERMES | - | - | |
Participating stakeholders
| Agro-business or agro-food chain | Administrative bodies or regional or national governments |
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| there are two farmer networks | |
| Approaches for involving stakeholders | |
| - workshops with farmers on climate change and tillage are conducted together with crop scientists. - feedback and plausibillity check of the economic modelling approach from farmers | |
Improvement of the modelling capability by involving stakeholders
| How did the modelling capability improve by involving stakeholders? | Effect of the involvement of stakeholders on the questions asked, on the assessment, or on the solutions suggested |
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| reality check by farmers allows fine tuning of the models | stakeholder are less iterested in climate change of the far future than eg. tillage and water management. |
| Points that researchers learned from stakeholders | Points that stakeholders learned from researchers |
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