Team : Sureau

CASDAR FranceAgriMer project, 01/2024-12/2027.

Coordinator :  HERBETTE Stéphane

Project link : https://www.iteipmai.fr/projets-r-d/71-projets/304-canoppam

Presentation

Climate change will force producers in all agricultural sectors, including those in the Aromatic, Medicinal and Perfume Plants (AMPP) sector, to adapt their production routes and cultivation methods to this increasingly restrictive climate context. The increase in abiotic stress linked to climate change (water stress in particular) risks leading to the disappearance of AMPP crops in certain unfavorable production areas.

Providing shade to crops could be one way to limit these stresses and make them more resilient to climate change. Various shade solutions are possible, such as shade structures, nets in arboriculture, agrivoltaics, or even agroforestry (an agricultural practice combining trees with a lower-growing crop on the same plot).

The integration of agroforestry into innovative agroecological approaches appears promising, due to the microclimate generated by trees. However, cultivated mulch trees are not understory plants: their behavior in shade therefore remains poorly understood.

Goals :

• Characterize the physiological and metabolic responses of PPAMs to shading during drought conditions.
• Evaluate the agronomic performance of PPAMs under agroforestry shade and select the most suitable agroforestry systems.
• Promote the adoption of agroforestry among PPAM producers.

Partners

Iteipmai, AGROOF SCOP, INRAE UMR PIAF, GRAB, INRAE UR PSH, A2M, Chambre d’agriculture 04, Agribio 04, Lycée du Fresne, CFPPA Nyons, ADAF

Fundings

CasDar, CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône), Fonds de Dotation SPLP (Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Lavandes en Provence), Cifre