Wetskills-Romania 2019 is supported by: Study case providers:

Break the drought

CHALLENGE: Rehabilitation of drought affected areas in Oltenia Plain

INSPIRATION GUIDE: Methods to mitigate the effect of

drought on agricultural sector

CONCLUSION: Our plan to increase agricultural productivity and sustainable water management

Climate

change

Forest belt

loss

Irrigation

system

destruction

Severe

winds

Increasing

temperature

Water

evaporation

DroughtDesertification:

Romanian Sahara

Integrated approach

Short-term solutions Long-term solutions

Land

degradation

Agricultural sector

decay

Figure 3. Map of study area: Dăbuleni, Călărași, Sărata, Sadova,Lișteava and Ostroveni territorial administrative units, 2019. By C.Zanfir.

STUDY AREA

Figure 1. Crops in drought affected area ofDăbuleni by Jiu Water Basin Administration, 2019.

Introducing the farmers to new

technologies developed by

R&D Center for Field Crops on

Sandy Soils Dăbuleni.

Bringing Sadova - Corabia

irrigation system to operation

at full capacity.

Cristina Georgiana Zanfir, Jamilya Nauruzbayeva, Virginia-Mălina Voicu,

Constantin Cristian Bilteanu, Mircea Gabriel Macavei, Norbert Bara

Surface mulches reduce the water

losses from the soil and keep it moist.

The belt will help to decrease wind

deflation of soils and dunes

movement.

Restoring the forest beltSeveral kinds of drought resistant

crops already showed promising

results: Sweet potatoes, Peanuts,

Beans, Kiwis, Sunflowers, Olives.

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Figure 2. Decrease of the watermelon fields inDolj county 1999-2019. Adapted from DoljCounty Department of Agriculture.

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Figure 4. Temperature fluctuations May-September 2016 at Dăbuleni. Adapted from Annals of University of Craiova.

Figure 5. Plastic mulches by R&D Center Dăbuleni.

Step 1. Improve cooperation between

the stakeholders: authorities and local

inhabitants.

Step 2. Implement agricultural

innovations developed by the

Research Station at the fields.

Step 3. Attract investments to make Sadova-

Corabia water affordable for the users and to

plant the forest belt.

With our mulching

technology you will get

30 tonnes more of

watermelons per 1 ha!

Sounds great!

I would love to use

it at my farm.

Centralized irrigation system will lead

to the increase of agricultural income.

Figure 6. Sadova-Corabiawater channel, 2014. Adapted from DIGI 24.

Bringing research advances to the field

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