Selection at farm level

Implementation

Long term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Atlantic
Atlantic

Weather event addressed

Floods / Heavy rainfall
Very high temperatures / Heat wave
Intense frost / Late frost
Wind / storms

Farming system

CEREAL CROPS
Arable crops

Description of the measure

Implementation of "population varieties" by plot selection.

Comments on sustainability

The population has an evolutionary power which allows it to continuously adapt to variations in the environment. The objective of selecting population varieties is to stabilize production under fluctuating environmental conditions.