high-quality food from crop and livestock under water scarcity
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High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity. Universität Hohenheim Life Science Center Coordination Office SFB/TRR — UHOH & HUJ. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment Faculty Research Committee. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Concept of a joint Collaborative
Research Center/Transregio (SFB/TRR)
of Universität Hohenheim and
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Universität HohenheimLife Science CenterCoordination Office SFB/TRR — UHOH & HUJ
The Hebrew University of JerusalemRobert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Faculty Research Committee
A Central Problem for Global Agriculture
─ aggravated by Climatic Change ─
is Socio-Political Tension
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Adaptation of Crop and
Livestock to Drought and
Salinity
More Efficient and
Environmental Friendly
Irrigation Systems
Accumulation of
Positive and Avoi-
dance of Negative
Food Compounds
Water Scarcity
Agricultural
Plant & Animal
Production
Environment Consumer Protection
& Food Quality
With severe impact on
Approaches are required
for
Under Use of Alternative Water Sources
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Use of Alternative
Water Sources
Treated Wastewater Desalinated WaterSalty/Contaminated
Water from the Aquifer
Joint Research Methods
• Analysis of Xenobiotics
• Measurement of Ethylene Emission as Stress Indicator
• Proteomics
• Genomics
• Bioinformatics
Cluster Connecting
Joint Research Subjects
•Tomato
•Barley
•Fish
•Broiler Chicken
Integrated Interdisciplinary Research to
Connect new findings from basic research of adherent disciplines to identify strategies for problem solutions
Develop econometric models explicitly incorporating consequences of agricultural production under water scarcity
Generate basic knowledge on mechanisms and technologies to safeguard quality of products derived from production under water scarcity
Generate basic knowledge about metabolic pathways and their control on the level of organisms in the soil, water, plants and livestock under conditions of water scarcity
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Integrated Interdisciplinary Approach Combining
Disciplinary Basic Research
on Genetic & Physiological Basis of Adaptation and Mitigation
AimsAims
A To explore the effects of water scarcity on the quantity and quality of irrigation water and the consequences on soils and plants
B To explore and enhance possibilities of adaptation of crops to stress through reduced water availability and quality
C To explore and enhance possibilities of adaptation of livestock to stress through reduced water availability and quality
D To avoid negative impacts of water stress (water quality, residues) on food quality and to find options for designing food with positive impacts on health testing physiologically/genetically better adapted varieties
E To examine the effects of water scarcity and policies on intra- and intersectoral efficiency and distribution and to improve depiction of water issues in regionalized models at different stages of sectoral coverage and aggregation
Cluster Z ─ Project Management
Project Speakers: Valle Zárate (UHOH) / Czosnek (HUJ)Deputies: Breer (UHOH) / Wolf (HUJ)Coordinators: Klumpp, Neff (UHOH) / Lavon (HUJ)
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Cluster DFood Quality and Safety
Fischer/SaguyBreer/Nussinovitch
Cluster ASoil and
Water
Fangmeier/GrünzweigStreck/Wallach
Cluster ECompetition for
Water
Grethe/FinkelshtainDabbert/Kan
Cluster CLivestock
Physiology and Breeding
Valle Zàrate/Uni N.N./van Rijn
Cluster BCrop
Physiology and Breeding
Schmid/ZamirSchaller/Fridman
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Cluster A ─ Soil and Water
Cluster Leaders: Fangmeier (UHOH) / Grünzweig (HUJ)
Deputies: Streck (UHOH) / Wallach (HUJ)
AimAimTo explore the effects of water scarcity on the quantity and quality of irrigation water and the consequences on soils and plants
• Soil hydrophobicity affected by marginal water & compost/sludge application
• Deficit irrigation with marginal water and its effect on crop yield and quality
• Photo-acoustic measure-ment of ethylene as stress and quality indicator in plants
A1 – Deficit Irrigation
Rony Wallach (HUJ)
Thilo Streck (UHOH)
• Expression of drought tolerance of wild barley ecotypes
• Carbon sequestration in plants and soils
• Crop yield affected by marginal water & compost/sludge application
A2 – Ecophysiology
José M. Grünzweig (HUJ)
Andreas Fangmeier (UHOH)
• Fate of waste-water originated xenobiotics in the environment
• Sorption interaction of xenobiotics with soil constituents
• Uptake, accumulation and distribution in plants
A3 – Xenobiotics
Benny Chefetz (HUJ)
Walter Vetter (UHOH)
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Cluster B ─ Crop Physiology and Breeding
Cluster Leaders: Schmid (UHOH) / Zamir (HUJ)
Deputies: Schaller (UHOH) / Fridman (HUJ)
AimAimTo explore and enhance possibilities of adaptation to stress through reduced water availability and quality
• Strategy for water balance regulation and ionic homeostasis
• Role of phytohormones and metabolites for water stress tolerance
• Optimal flowering strategies
B1 – Barley and Tomato Stress Physiology
Menachem Moshelion & Alon Samach (HUJ)
Jens Wünsche & Martin Hegele (UHOH)
• Efficient exploitation of natural genetic variation for plant breeding
• Stress indicators in different genotypes
• Food quality traits in cultivars and introgression lines
B2 – Barley and Tomato Breeding
Eval Fridman &Daniel Zamir (HUJ)
Karl Schmid (UHOH)
• Susceptibility and interaction of tomato and white rot
• Influence of water regimes on host-pathogen interactions
B3 – Tomato and Sclerotinia
Oded Yarden (HUJ)
Otmar Spring (UHOH)
• Identification of candidate genes and proteins
• Proteomic analyses of stress response to abiotic and biotic stress
• Breeding of drought and disease resistant tomato lines
B4 – Tomato Genes and Proteins
Hanokh H. Czosnek &Zach Adam (HUJ)
Andreas Schaller (UHOH)
Cluster C ─ Livestock Physiology and Breeding
Cluster Leaders: Valle Zárate (UHOH) / Uni (HUJ)
Deputies: N.N. (UHOH) / van Rijn (HUJ)
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
AimAimTo explore and enhance possibilities of adaptation to stress through reduced water availability and quality
• Genetic variation in water uptake
• Genetic differences in tolerance to water quality
• Genetic relation between water uptake, performance and meat quality
C1 – Broiler Genetics
Avigdor Cahaner (HUJ)
Anne Valle Zárate (UHOH)
C2 – Broiler Skeleton and Stress
Ron Shahar (HUJ)
Werner Bessei(UHOH)
• Effects of desalinated water on architecture of bones
• Behavior and behavioral physiology of stress response
C3 – Broiler Gastrointestinal Physiology
Zehava Uni (HUJ)
Karin Schwarzenbacher (UHOH)
• Adaptation to altered water quality
• Cellular/molecular changes in the mucosa
• Chemosensory and osmosensory systems of adaptive processes
C4 – Fish, Water Quality and Stress
Jaap van Rijn &Berta Sivan (HUJ)
N.N. (UHOH)
• Manipulation of water quality in intensive fish culture systems by biological purification of recycled water
• Hormonal changes responding to stress in intensive culture systems and fish reproduction
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Cluster D ─ Food Quality and Safety
Cluster Leaders : Fischer (UHOH) / Saguy (HUJ)
Deputies: Breer (UHOH) / Nussinovitch (HUJ)AimAimTo avoid negative impacts of water stress (water quality, residues) on food quality and to find options for designing food with positive impacts on health testing physiologically/genetically better adapted varieties
• Technologies for micro- and macro-encapsulation of biofunctional ingredients
• Characterization of target compounds and interaction with food compounds
D1 – Encapsulating Biofunctional Components
Amos Nussinovitch & Oren Froy (HUJ)
Jochen Weiss (UHOH)
D2 – Food Flavor and Chemosensory Cells
Masha Niv & Roni Shapira (HUJ)
Heinz Breer (UHOH)
• Effects of water scarcity on flavor quality of food
• Interaction of micronutrients with target proteins in chemosensory cells
D3 – BarleyBiotechnology
Sam Saguy & Hagai Abeliovich (HUJ)
Lutz Fischer (UHOH)
•New functional peptides from barley proteins
•Enzyme and protein profiles of barley grown under water scarcity
•Enzymatic or fermentative generation of biofunctional peptides from barley
D4 – Barley and Tomato Micronutrients
Zohar Kerem & Oren Tirosh (HUJ)
Hans Konrad Biesalski & Donatus Nohr (UHOH)
• Composition & levels of selected quality compounds
• Bioavailability studies using cell lines, model animals and humans
D5 – Probiotics and E. coli from Broiler and Fish
Ilan Rosenshine & Nahum Shpigel (HUJ)
Herbert Schmidt (UHOH)
• Molecular interaction of probiotic micro-organisms with entero-pathogenic E. coli from poultry and fish
• Biofunctional properties of new probiotic lines
High-Quality Food from Crop and Livestock under Water Scarcity
Cluster E ─ Competition for Water
Cluster Leaders: Grethe (UHOH) / Finkelshtain (HUJ)
Deputies: Dabbert (UHOH) / Kan (HUJ)
AimAimTo examine the effects of water scarcity and policies on intra- and intersectoral efficiency and distribution and to improve depiction of water issues in regionalized models at different stages of sectoral coverage and aggregation
• Incorporation of water quantity and quality in a regionalized Computable General Equilibrium (CGE)
• Political economy of water distribution within agriculture and the Israeli economy
E1 – Water Price and Policy Scenarios
Israel Finkelshtain (HUJ)
Harald Grethe (UHOH)
E2 – Modeling Water Scarcity
Iddo Kan & Ayal Kimhi (HUJ)
Stephan Dabbert (UHOH)
• Improving Positive Mathematical Programming (PMP) model calibration based on econometric approaches
• Incorporation of regional information from agent-based models
• Incorporation of responses to water quality and quantity in PMP models
C2 Broiler Skeleton &
Stress
A1Deficit Irrigation
B4Tomato Genes and Proteins
B1Barley & Tomato
Stress Physiology
B3Tomato & Sclerotinia
B2Barley & Tomato
Breeding
C1Broiler Genetics
C4Fish, Water Quality
& Stress
D1Encapsulating Biofunctional Components
D3Barley
Biotechnology
D4Barley & Tomato Micronutrients
D2Food Flavor & Chemosensory
Cells
D5Probiotics & E. coli from Broiler & Fish
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Project Speakers: Valle Zárate/Czosnek; Deputies: Breer/Wolf; Coordinators: Klumpp/Neff/Lavon