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UMR EMMAH : Modelling Agricultural and hydrological systems in the mediterranean environment

The research carried out by the EMMAH joint research (UMR) unit focuses on understanding and modelling the functioning of agrosystems in interaction with underground hydrosystems. This leads the EMMAH UMR to consider the aquifer-soil-plant-atmosphere system on different time and space scales. In order to understand and model how this system works, it is necessary to take into account the many interactions between the dynamics of the plant cover, the physical, chemical and biological processes in the soil, interactions with the atmosphere and hydrosystems, and the way in which agrosystems are managed. In particular, the work carried out aims to characterise mass flows between the atmosphere, the plant cover, the soil and the underground aquifer, and the processes involved in plant production in relation to environmental factors, at different spatial scales (from a millimetre to a kilometre) and temporal scales (from a second to several decades). In this way, the EMMAH joint research unit is helping to assess the sustainability of underground water resources and cropping systems in the dual context of global change and agro-ecological transition. The Mediterranean remains a key area of study, a region marked by rapid climate change and high water stress linked to the adaptation of cropping systems and strong demographic pressure.

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03 April 2025

By: A. Chanzy

Thesis : Modelling of irrigation water requirements on a territorial scale.

Thesis is being funded as part of the A3P project.
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01 May 2025

By: A. Chanzy

Tenure-track junior professor chair

A junior professor chair in hydrogeophysics is opened this year by INRAE within the EMMAH research unit in Avignon, France.

 

Three most recent HAL EMMAH publications

  • [hal-05069632] Synergistic Use of Ground-Based GNSS-R and Sentinel-2 Imagery for Soil Moisture Estimation Across an Irrigated Grassland

    Marcel El Hajj, Susan Steele-Dunne, Kasper Johansen, Samer Almashharawi, Oliver Lopez Valencia, Omar López Camargo, Adria Amezaga-Sarries, Andreu Mas-Viñolas, Dominique Courault, Claude Doussan, Matthew Mccabe

    15 May 2025

    https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05069632v1
  • [hal-05068093] Compost, digestate, and vermicompost from the recycling of urban biowaste have different impacts on earthworm behavior: a mesocosm study

    Vincent Ducasse, Line Capowiez, Joséphine Peigne, Yvan Capowiez

    14 May 2025

    https://hal.science/hal-05068093v1
  • [hal-05052536] Let's get functional: Relationship between earthworm traits and physicochemical cast properties

    Yacouba Zi, Nicolas Bottinelli, Malalatiana Razafindrakoto, Yvan Capowiez, Alessandro Florio, Chao Song, Cornelia Rumpel, Marie-France Dignac

    30 Apr 2025

    https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05052536v1