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SUMMARY:Modeling soil-crop-livestock interactions to assess ecosystem serv
 ices in diverse and integrated crop-livestock systems aimed at adapting to
  and mitigating climate change
DTSTART:20250624T120000Z
DTEND:20250624T140000Z
DTSTAMP:20260422T205800Z
UID:indico-event-237@events.spacepole.be
CONTACT:florine.lebeau@climatecentre.be\;info-cc@climatecentre.be
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Mathieu Delandmeter (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech - Univer
 sity of Liège)\n\nThis seminar is part of the Climate Cookies & Coffee se
 ries of the Belgian Climate Centre. This is a new seminar series launched 
 by the Belgian Climate Centre to foster knowledge-sharing\, collaboration\
 , and interdisciplinary discussion among climate researchers.  For the s
 econd edition\, the Belgian Climate Centre will welcome Mathieu Delandmete
 r (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech - ULiège) who will talk on: 'Modeling soil-crop
 -livestock interactions to assess ecosystem services in diverse and integr
 ated crop-livestock systems aimed at adapting to and mitigating climate ch
 ange'.   Climate change increasingly threatens agricultural systems\, w
 hile these systems\, in turn\, contribute to climate change – creating a
  self-reinforcing cycle. To break this cycle\, a range of agroecological s
 trategies are being explored within crop rotation systems. They span from 
 efficiency improvements\, such as reducing nitrogen fertilizer use\, to su
 bstitution methods like no-till\, and more transformative redesigns\, incl
 uding the use of cover crops\, diversifying crop rotations\, and livestock
  integration. In my PhD research\, we used soil-crop models to assess the 
 effectiveness of these strategies at large spatio-temporal scales – cove
 ring millions of hectares across Belgium\, Brazil\, and the US Midwest –
   under both historical and projected climate conditions. Our evaluation 
 focused on a wide range of ecosystem services\, including crop productivit
 y and profitability\, soil carbon sequestration\, greenhouse gas emissions
 \, and nitrate leaching. We also examined how yields respond to climate ch
 ange\, with particular attention to their stability and resistance during 
 extreme weather events\, such as severe droughts and heavy rainfall. In va
 rious contexts\, we began with conventional scenarios –  such as maize 
 monocultures in the US Midwest and cash crop rotations in Wallonia – and
  progressively introduced ecological intensification strategies to evaluat
 e their impacts\, with a special emphasis placed on the potential of integ
 rated crop-livestock systems.    \n\nhttps://events.spacepole.be/event
 /237/
LOCATION:Stratus room (Belgian Climate Centre)
URL:https://events.spacepole.be/event/237/
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