Successful Launch of Agmip-Mena Platform: A Promising Start to Enhance Agricultural Modeling for Food Security in the MENA Region
成功启动 Agmip-Mena 平台：加强 MENA 地区粮食安全农业建模的良好开端
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- 来源：
- 国际干旱地区农业研究中心（ICARDA）
- 类型：
- 前沿资讯
- 语种：
- 英语
- 原文发布日期：
- 2023-03-02
- 摘要：
- February 16, 2023, the regional AgMIP-MENA Platform was launched by ICARDA and Mohammed IV Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco in cooperation with the global Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP). The event brought together experts from around the world, especially the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, to advance the science and practice of agricultural modeling to enhance resilient crop production in the region. The platform aims to research future climate change impacts on agriculture at different scales, link biophysical and socio-economic models, and provides decision support to farmers and policymakers with science-based strategies. During the event, a series of interventions were conducted to examine the prospective repercussions of climate change, water scarcity, population growth, and land degradation on the agri-food system in the MENA region. The discussions covered potential measures to alleviate these impacts, especially through better sharing and utilizing data (crop, climate, soil, survey, model outputs, etc.), better calibration and development of the models, and providing customized decision support to the farmers and other stakeholders. The joint research questions for the platform to address in the future are minimizing agricultural risks, consistency in data recording protocols, and providing intelligent strategic solutions for achieving the SDG goals. These goals can be achieved through better collaboration among universities, research stations, extension systems, and private and public societies through better model development, data sharing, capacity development, and participation in multi-model activities.
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