Objectives
The aim of the Summer School is to give our doctoral students a wide view of the context of climate change impacts on agriculture, focusing on the most important models and tools. Agriculture is one of the main sectors affected by climate change and there are still uncertainties as to how the combined effects of climate variable (CO2, temperature, and precipitation) affect crop growth and yield. Issues relating to adaptation and mitigation for climate change will also be discussed.

Main topics:
- climate change impacts on agriculture
- adaptation strategies
- mitigation strategies
- adaptation and mitigation: potential synergies

Some of the invited lectures are:
- Ted DeJong, University of California, Davis
- R. Snyder, University of California, Davis
- Arnold J. Bloom, University of California, Davis
- Martin Dubrovsky, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague
- Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Georgia, USA

For information about the admission, the requests for participation and organization, please download the .pdf file below: information_Summer_School_AlgheroIT_14-18-sept-2009.

For the detailed programme - updated the 31st of August 2009 - please download the .pdf file below: detailed_programme_Summer_School_AlgheroIT_14-18-sept-2009