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INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY UPON CEREAL AND FRUIT PRODUCTION IN FRANCE

Objective



WHILE DIRECT EFFECTS ON ONE GIVEN CLIMATIC FACTOR UPON CULTURES HAVE BEEN STUDIED, AND MAY BE CONSIDERED AS SOMETIMES WELL KNOWN, PREDICTING THE EFFECTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATIC CHANGE UPON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IS NOT EASY SINCE A NUMBER OF AGRONOMIC-ECONOMIC PARAMETERS INTERFERE.

FOR THAT PURPOSE, THE USUAL ANALYTICAL PROCESS FOR PREDICTING POTENTIAL PRODUCTION HAS TO BE REPLACED BY A MORE GLOBAL APPROACH RELATIVE TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THEIR REGIONAL UNITS AND BASED ON STATISTICAL TREATMENTS.

SUCH AN APPROACH HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR THE CASE OF WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION IN THE MOST IMPORTANT REGION OF PRODUCTION IN FRANCE. UP TO NOW, ONLY CULTURAL PRACTICES AND AGRO-TECHNICAL PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. THE INCORPORATION OF CLIMATIC FACTORS SEEMS TO BE FEASIBLE IN A NEXT STEP, BY TREATING MORE COMPLETE DATA BANKS.

FOR FRUIT PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, THE EXACT EFFECT, OF CLIMATE IN THE YEAR TO YEAR VARIABILITY HAS NEVER BEEN ESTABLISHED. IT IS PROPOSED THAT "CTGREF AIX EN PROVENCE" USES ITS WELL-BASED EXPERIENCE FOR ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL STRUCTURES FOR GATHERING LONG-TERM SERIES OF PRODUCTION AT VARIOUS ECONOMICAL STRUCTURES FOR GATHERING LONG-TERM SERIES OF PRODUCTION AT VARIOUS SPACE SCALES. ULTERIOR COMBINATION WITH CLIMATIC DATA WILL BE PERFORMED TOGETHER WITH "STATION DE BIOCLIMATOLOGIE INRA D'AVIGNON" IN ORDER TO DERIVE THE FIRST-ORDER EFFECT OF CLIMATIC FACTORS.

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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
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Domaine Saint-Paul
84143 Montfavet
France

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