Viticulture is a key socio‐economic sector in Europe. Owing to the strong sensitivity of
grapevines to atmospheric factors, climate change may represent an important challenge for …

Climate change will alter the environmental conditions for crop growth and require
adjustments in management practices at the field scale. In this paper, we analyzed the …

In the World Heritage Côa region, in northern Portugal, agriculture has crucial economic,
social and cultural importance. Vineyards and olive groves are part of the economic base of …

The variability of fresh water availability in arid and semi-arid countries poses a serious
challenge to farmers to cope with when depending on irrigation for crop growing. This has …

To sustain productive irrigated agriculture with limited water resources requires a high water
use efficiency. This can be achieved by the precise scheduling of deficit irrigation systems …

Climate change projections point to increasing air temperature and reduced precipitation in
southern Portugal, which would affect farming systems. This study aims to assess the …

In recent decades European silage maize production has extended northwards, into
Scandinavia, and the importance of maize in fodder production has increased substantially …

In order to reduce pesticide use in vineyards, we propose a bioeconomic model to evaluate
different fungicide treatment strategies. This model estimates the development of the downy …

In this contribution, we introduce a stochastic framework for decision support for optimal
planning and operation of water supply in irrigation. This consists of (1) a weather generator …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is a very important crop in Portugal, where the viticultural sector
plays a central role in the national economy. The present study provides a review of most …