Central-South Italy
General information
| Name of region | Central-South Italy (Foggia, Ancona, Beneventano) |
| Global Environmental Zone(s) (Metzger) | |
| Population density (persons per km2) | |
| Contact (general) | Domenico Ventrella |
| Contact (ag. scenarios) | Pier Paolo Roggero (P62) |
| Location (NUTS code) | ITF41, ITE32, ITF32 |
| Dominant regional farming system(s) (SEAMLESS nomenclature) |
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| The three most important farming systems in region (SEAMLESS nomenclature) |
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| Main crop species | |
| Main livestock species |
Regional development goal in rural spatial planning
Specific issues the region deals with/will deal with
Durum wheat cropping systems as monoculture or in rotation with grain legumesLow profitabilityDecrease in crop area in many regions (increasing imports)Resilience to changes in the world commodity marketFew profitable alternative of land useRisk of abandonment of farming and land desertification
Regional challenges with regard to climate change
Crop yield stability vs spring droughtTillage on heavy soils vs persistent rains constraining seeding datesGrain quality (N)Soil organic C dynamicsSoil erosion on slopesFarm management in conditions of monoculture with growing climatic and market uncertainty
Proposed solutions to overcome the challenges
Contribution to answering the focus question
Food securityAgriculture sustainabilityInvestments on plant breedingGHG emissions associated to durum wheat production under Mediterranean conditionsFarm profitability under uncertain climate and market conditions
Important adaptation measures that are or will be considered in the study
| Water management | is important to this region. |
| Irrigation | is important to this region AND will be included in the modelling exercise |
| Drainage | |
| Species/varietal choice | is important to this region AND will be included in the modelling exercise |
| Plant breeding | is important to this region. |
| 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 | is important to this region AND will be included in the modelling exercise |
| Pest/weed management | is important to this region. |
| Housing of livestock | |
| Land consolidation | is important to this region. |
| Management of feeding and reproduction of livestock | |
| Structure and scale of production adjustment | |
| Crop insurance | |
| Exit from agriculture | is important to this region. |
| Climate alertness | |
| Political regulations at various administrative levels | is important to this region. |
| Others | is important to this region. |
| Introduction of a buffer stock scheme |
Models, stakeholders, advancement of knowledge
| Socio-economy | Crops | Grassland | Livestock |
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A4SMOD: Discrete Stochastic Programming Model (territorial and representative farms) Farm Budget Analysis Input (available from P62 UNISS, UNIVPM or CRA SCA, FADN, ISTAT) Farm structures: FADN, 2010 Agricultural Census Land Use: FADN, 2010 Agricultural Census, Corinne Land Cover Use of inputs and yields: UNISS, UNIVPM or CRA SCA |
DSSAT v 4.5EPIC v 0810 Input (available from UNISS, UNIVPM or CRA SCA: |
NONE | NONE |
| 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? | |
Participating stakeholders
| Agro-business or agro-food chain | Administrative bodies or regional or national governments |
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In Europe: pasta industrial association (http://www.pasta-unafpa.org/) In Italy: Associazione delle industrie del dolce e della pasta http://www.aidepi.it/en/association.html Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori Puglia, http://www.scianet.it/ciapuglia/ Consorzi di bonifica e Irrigazione (Water Users Associations):Consorzio di bonifica dell'Oristanese, www.bonificaoristanese.it Associazione nazionale bonifiche, irrigazione e miglioramenti fondiari (ANBI), www.anbi.it |
Ministry of Agricultural Food and Forestry policies www.politicheagricole.it Agricultural councillorship and agricultural agencies in the following regions: Sardinia, Campania, Puglia, Marche Farmers Unions of Italy Italian national research project "IC-FAR" coordinated by PP Roggero and linking 7 long term field experiments including wheat rotations Coldiretti www.coldiretti.it Confagricoltura www.confagricoltura.it Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori www.cia.it Farmers organizations at district level (Organizzazione dei produttori) |
| Approaches for involving stakeholders | |
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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| Points that researchers learned from stakeholders | Points that stakeholders learned from researchers |
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Further information
References
Ventrella D., Giglio L., Charfeddine M., Lopez R., Castellini M., Sollitto D., Castrignanò A., Fornaro F. 2012. Climate change impact on crop rotations of winter durum wheat and tomato in southern Italy: yield analysis and soil fertility. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 7:e15, 100-108, DOI: 10.4081/ija.2012.e15.
Ventrella D., Charfeddine M., Moriondo M., Rinaldi M., Bindi M. 2012. Agronomic Adaptation Strategies under Climate Change for Winter Durum Wheat and Tomato in Southern Italy: Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization. Regional Environmental Change, 12, 407-419.
L. Gutierrez, F. Piras, P.P. Roggero 2013. Short and long-run impact of climate changes on worldwide grain prices, Communication at the 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference on Economic assessment of desertification, sustainable land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas 9 - 12 April 2013 - Bonn, Germany
Dono G, Cortignani R, Doro L, Giraldo L, Ledda L, Pasqui M, Roggero PP, An Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Changing Climate Variability on Agricultural Productivity and Profitability in an Irrigated Mediterranean Catchment, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0367-3
Dono G., Cortignani R., Deligios P., Doro L., Giraldo L., Ledda L., Mazzapicchio G., Pasqui M., Quaresima S., Roggero P.P., Economic Assessment of impact of uncertainty due to short-term changes in climate variability for in Mediterranean farming systems, Communication at the 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference on Economic assessment of desertification, sustainable land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas 9 - 12 April 2013 - Bonn, Germany
De Sanctis, G., Roggero, P. P., Seddaiu, G., Orsini, R., Porter, C. H., & Jones, J. W. (2012). Long-term no tillage increased soil organic carbon content of rain-fed cereal systems in a Mediterranean area. European Journal of Agronomy, 40, 18-27.
Farina, R., Seddaiu, G., Orsini, R., Steglich, E., Roggero, P. P., & Francaviglia, R. (2011). Soil carbon dynamics and crop productivity as influenced by climate change in a rainfed cereal system under contrasting tillage using EPIC. Soil and Tillage Research, 112(1), 36-46.
Collaborators CRA: Luisa Giglio, Monia Charfeddine
Collaborators, UNISS: Luciano Gutierrez, Luca Doro, Paola Deligios, Giovanna Seddaiu, Luigi Ledda
Collaborators, UNITUS: Gabriele Dono, Raffaele Cortignani, Luca Giraldo, Graziano Mazzapicchio