Newclim Workshop
General context and objective of Newclim: Climate change poses a significant challenge to agriculture and especially to perennial fruit crops such as grapevine and apple. Indeed, the long lifespan and the duration of the cycle of production slow down the adoption of new varieties and/or the improvement of cultivation management methods to adapt to environmental fluctuations. In addition, these crops are highly susceptible to a range of pests and diseases, while there is an imperious society demand for a reduction of inputs, particularly of phytosanitary compounds. In this regard, new educational programs are needed to train undergraduates and graduates, but also professional players, about how to run more resilient cropping systems integrating up-to-date scientific and technical advances. The project will be dedicated to the production of a digital platform displaying open source educational materials fed by research resources on the topic issued from the scientific and educational activities of the four universities. Those materials will be used to design innovative digital pedagogical tools with the support of PhD students. More specifically, a "challenge based learning (CBL)" at Master level called ‘Train Trip’ will be created to be tested, evaluated and improved during two summer schools dedicated to Masters students. This virtual train trip will make students travelling in the agricultural landscape and meet the group members representing different performers in the production chain from grape to bottle. The challenge will rent on finding possible solution to face major issues such as loss of productivity and sustainability due to climate changes at each train stop.
Partnership of Newclim project: L’Institut Agro (IA), the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the German Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society (LUBS) and the University of Chile (UC).
This workshop will be held at SLU from 24 to 28 of June 2024.
Further information can be found here.