Workshop II: “Agricultural land use measures for reducing hot-spots in the Lausitz region: adapting to climate change and synergies with local tourism“
02. October 2024
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Short description:
For the second time, project staff met with stakeholders as part of LIL-KliBioTo to discuss adaptation options for agriculture in Lusatia. The first question discussed was ‘How does climate change affect agriculture in Lusatia?’. The vegetation period for plants starts up to 3 weeks earlier since 1961. In Lusatia, the annual precipitation total has remained the same, but the distribution of precipitation has changed considerably. There is no more significant precipitation between 15 March and 15 May. Potential evaporation increases under heat and drought stress. Afterwards, possible measures were discussed: wide crop rotation with year-round ground cover, water-saving crop rotations, balanced potassium fertilisation for better water use efficiency, cultivation of heat and drought stress-tolerant plants and much more. Chickpeas and white lupins, for example, have high yields even under dry conditions - irrigation does not increase the yield. Chickpeas in particular show great potential, as they even respond to higher temperatures with higher yields and have a short development period.
The LIL-KliBioTo team would like to thank Falk Böttcher (expert in agricultural meteorology, German Weather Service (DWD)) and Mosab Halwani (expert in grain legume cultivation at ZALF e.V.) for their keynote speeches.
