Nutritional forecast: mitigating the impact of climate change on nutrition of legumes

Project Details

Description

Our planet is experiencing some dramatic shifts in local environments, and in order to ensure that we maintain a nutritious food supply in the future, it is imperative that we are mindful of the potential negative impacts of climate change phenomena on crop quality. The Horizon2020 for 2015-2016 prioritizes studies addressing the mitigation of the impact of climate change on food security. Parallel to high CO2, it is also now incontestable that restricted soil Fe supply will impact the nutrition of the foods which we will consume in the future, as low Fe uptake restricts Fe content and plant fitness.

Scientists are starting to assess these issues independently, but studies linking these two important aspects are few, and more targeted analyses are required.

Thus, this project will focus on assessing the impact of high CO2 combined with restricted Fe supply in legume production. Iron was chosen for three main reasons: 1) an estimated 30% of total arable land is Fe deficient, 2) from a climate-change associated perspective, there is concern that altered bulk water flow in soils, such as in response to reduced stomatal conductance, might lower the amount of readily available, exchangeable Fe in the root zone; 3) no studies are available linking high CO2 and restricted Fe supply, two conditions which are likely to interplay in the future.

Layman's description

Evaluation of the combined impact of high CO2 content with the restricted supply of Fe in the quality of legume production
AcronymPREVINU
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/05/1631/12/19

Funding

  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: €199,496.00

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

  • Climate change
  • CO2
  • Iron
  • Legumes
  • Quality

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