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1. Water Use Efficiency (WUE) across scales: From genes to landscape

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Vincent Vadez, Raphael Pilloni, Alexandre Grondin, Amir Hajjarpoor, Hatem Belhouchette, Youssef Brouziyne, Ghani Chehbouni, Mohamed Hakim Kharrou, Rim Zitouna-Chebbi, Insaf Mekki, Jérôme Molénat, Frédéric Jacob, Jérôme Bossuet, Diversité, adaptation, développement des plantes (UMR DIADE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Université de Montpellier (UM), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics [Inde] (ICRISAT), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), Centre d'Etude Regional Pour l'Amelioration de l'Adaptation A la Secheresse (CERAAS), Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles [Dakar] (ISRA), LMI Adaptation des Plantes et microorganismes associés aux Stress Environnementaux [Dakar] (LAPSE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Agrosystèmes Biodiversifiés (UMR ABSys), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), International Water Management Institute, MENA Office (IWMI), Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique [Ben Guerir] (UM6P), International Water Research Institute (IWRI), Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF), Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles [Tunis] (IRESA), Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (UMR LISAH), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Independent Consultant, The paper was written and supported under the Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) ICARUS project (Improve Crops in Arid Regions and future climates) funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, grant ANR-17-MPGA-0011), and written in the scope and with the support of the ClimBeR initiative of the CGIAR, itself supported by the France-CGIAR action plan on Climate Change., ANR-17-MPGA-0011,ICARUS,Improve Crops in Arid Regions and future climates(2017), Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro

Subjects
CLIMATIC CHANGE, Physiology, PAYSAGE AGRICOLE, WATER MANAGEMENT, MODELS, [SDV.SA.AGRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy, CROPPING SYSTEMS, UTILISATION DE L'EAU, Plant Science, drought, GESTION DES EAUX, EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE, AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE, MODELE, FARMS, farming systems, WUE, ECHELLE SPATIALE, SECHERESSE, [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering, SYSTEME DE CULTURE, TRANSPIRATION, [SDV.SA.AEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agriculture, economy and politics, food security, WATER USE, landscape, WATER USE EFFICIENCY, landscapewater use efficiency, EFFICIENCE D'UTILISATION DE L'EAU, climate change, CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE, breeding, SPATIAL SCALE, farming system, crop breeding, [SDV.EE.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Bioclimatology
Abstract

International audience; Highlights:This paper reviews ways to improve water use efficiency beyond the plant level, across time and space scales, from cells, organs, and plants, to field, farm, and landscape.Abstract:Water scarcity will be one of the main issues of the 21 st century, because of competing needs between civil, industrial, and agriculture use. While agriculture is the largest user of water, its share is bound to decrease as societies develop. Clearly, agriculture needs to become more water efficient. Improving water use efficiency (WUE) at the plant level is important although there is a long way into translating this at the farm/landscape level. As we move up from a cell/organ/plant scale to more integrated scales such as plot, field, farm system, and landscape, other factors need to be considered, including trade-offs, to possibly improve WUE. These include choices of crop variety/species, farm management, landscape design, infrastructure development, ecosystem functions, where human decisions matter. This review is a cross-disciplinary attempt to analyze ways to address WUE at these different scales where metrics of analysis are defined and trade-offs considered. The equations in this perspective paper use similar metrics across scales for an easier connection and are developed to highlight which levers, at different scales, can improve WUE. We also refer to models operating at these different scales to assess WUE. While our entry point is plants and crops, we scale up the analysis of WUE to farm systems and landscapes.

Published
2023

2. Study Protocol: A Cross-Sectional Examination of Socio-Demographic and Ecological Determinants of Nutrition and Disease Across Madagascar

Author

Christopher D. Golden, Benjamin L. Rice, Hervet J. Randriamady, Arisoa Miadana Vonona, Jean Frederick Randrianasolo, Ambinintsoa Nirina Tafangy, Mamy Yves Andrianantenaina, Nicholas J. Arisco, Gauthier N. Emile, Faustin Lainandrasana, Robuste Fenoarison Faraniaina Mahonjolaza, Hermann Paratoaly Raelson, Vololoniaina Ravo Rakotoarilalao, Anjaharinony Andry Ny Aina Rakotomalala, Alex Dominique Rasamison, Rebaliha Mahery, M. Luciano Tantely, Romain Girod, Akshaya Annapragada, Amy Wesolowski, Amy Winter, Daniel L. Hartl, James Hazen, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Madagascar Health and Environmental Research [Maroantsetra, Madagascar] (MAHERY), Princeton University, Unité d'Entomologie Médicale [Antananarivo, Madagascar] (IPM), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Harvard University [Cambridge], Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [Baltimore], Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Catholic Relief Services [Antananarivo, Madagascar] (CRS), Catholic Relief Services [Baltimore] (CRS), and We are grateful for the support from the United States Agency for International Development (Grant No. AID-FFP-A-14-00008) implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in consortium with four local implementing partners in Madagascar. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily the views and opinions of the United States Agency for International Development. We also thank the Wellcome Trust Our Planet, Our Health program (grant 106866/Z/15/Z) for providing funding to CM for this research.

Subjects
Environmental change, infectious disease, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Population, malaria, Distribution (economics), planetary health, Disease, migration, MESH: Madagascar, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, MESH: Cross-Sectional Studies, Environmental health, MESH: Child, disease ecology, MESH: Family Characteristics, MESH: Ecosystem, 030212 general & internal medicine, Clinical Study Protocol, education, Disease burden, 2. Zero hunger, education.field_of_study, Food security, MESH: Humans, business.industry, seasonality, 030503 health policy & services, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, food security, 15. Life on land, MESH: Nutritional Status, MESH: Male, General Social Survey, Geography, 13. Climate action, micronutrient nutrition, Observational study, Public Health, 0305 other medical science, business, MESH: Female
Abstract

International audience; Madagascar has experienced significant environmental change since 1960, particularly through forest clearing for agricultural expansion. Climatic patterns are undergoing change in Madagascar as well, with increasing temperatures, droughts, and cyclonic activity. The impact of these environmental and climatic changes will pose threats to food availability, income generation, and local ecosystems, with significant potential effects on the spatial and temporal distribution of disease burden. This study seeks to describe the health status of a large sample of geographically and socially diverse Malagasy communities through multiple clinical measurements, detailed social surveys, and paired data on regional variation in local ecologies. With an increased understanding of the current patterns of variation in human health and nutrition, future studies will be better able to identify associations with climate and anticipate and mitigate the burdens expected from larger, longer-term changes. Our mixed-method approach included an observational cross-sectional study. Research subjects were men, women, and children from 1,125 households evenly distributed across 24 communities in four ecologically and socio-demographically distinct regions of Madagascar. For these 1,125 households, all persons of both sexes and all ages therein (for a total of 6,292 individuals) were recruited into the research study and a total of 5,882 individuals were enrolled. Through repeated social survey recalls and focus group meetings, we obtained social and demographic data, including broad categories of seasonal movements, and characterized the fluctuation of income generation, food production and dietary consumption. Through collection of clinical and biological samples for both point-of-care diagnoses and laboratory analyses, we obtained detailed occurrence (and importantly co-occurrence) data on micronutrient nutritional, infectious disease, and non-communicable disease status. Our research highlights the highly variable social, cultural, and environmental contexts of health conditions in Madagascar, and the tremendous inter-regional, inter-community, and intra-community variation in nutritional and disease status. More than 30% of the surveyed population was afflicted by anemia and 14% of the population had a current malaria infection. This type of rich metadata associated with a suite of biological samples and nutritional and disease outcome data should allow disentangling some of the underlying drivers of ill health across the changing landscapes of Madagascar.

Published
2020