TRANSFER Danube - InTegRAted moNitoring System For agro-climatic risks within DanubE Region

The proposed project aims to analyse the new patterns of climatic extreme events (drought, floods, heat waves, e.g.) and design/develop the necessary tools for agriculture in the Danube region in order to be able to properly adapt and respond to such challenges. This will be done by developing and implementing a Danube transnational e-platform that will integrate climatic/water resources / agriculture database, maps, knowledge, tools, modelling, good practices for water management, for reducing drought in order to be prepared and adapt to climate change in the vulnerable areas for crops (winter wheat and maize) in the Danube Region. Through cooperation between country partners a standardised monitoring system for the phenological status of selected agricultural crops throughout the Danube Region will be established, serving as a basis to evaluate the crop specific water balances and yields. The TRANSFER Danube project aims to raise the awareness of policy makers and the private agricultural sector to the possible consequences of climate change on agricultural production. The beneficiaries of the project and the groups targeted by it are local and regional decision-makers in the field of environmental protection and agriculture, also people in the field of agricultural policies and farmers. The activities of the project will generate support for trans-disciplinary bilateral cooperation on partner institutions in the Danube area to tackle the challenges set by climate change in agriculture. The proposed activities and outputs will enhance the impact of agricultural and climate research in a wider community by promoting different types of tools, response strategies, knowledge transfer, circulation and access to the Danube transnational e-platform. The results of the project can be adapted to the Danube Region.