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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-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
  • [hal-05033049] Co-design of diversified agroecological systems for temperate fruit production: feedback from three innovative experiments and experience sharing in the ALTO project

    Sylvaine Simon, Pierre-Éric Lauri, Jean-Michel Ricard, Aurélie Cardona, Aude Alaphilippe, Cindie Arlaud, Julie Borg, Solène Borne, Marion Bouilloux, Sophie Buleon, Pascal Borioli, Yvan Capowiez, Marianne Cerf, Arnaud Dufils, Guillaume Fichepoil, Pierre Franck, Mathilde Gibaud, Guillaume Fremondiere, Laurent Galet, Thierry Girard, Olivier Guibert, Hélène Gautier, Laurent Gomez, Christian Icard, Michel Jay, Lucie Lecarpentier, Agathe Legendre, Benjamin Lemaire, Marion Michaud, Muriel Millan, Fleur Moirot, Karine Morel, Mireille Navarrete, Claude-Eric Parveaud, Marine Pelhatre, Servane Penvern, Benoit Ricci, Dominique Riotord, Blandine Rosies, Pierre-Joël Sallee, François Warlop

    14 Apr 2025

    https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05033049v1
  • [hal-05029489] Controlling populations of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella): feasibility and efficacy of releasing two spider species (Cheiracanthium mildei and Clubiona leucaspis) in the winter

    Sadeq Alzubik Belkair, Alain Pasquet, Yvan Capowiez, Hazem Dib

    10 Apr 2025

    https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05029489v1