Our response is the ClimaPannonia project, which tests climate-resilience solutions in four sectors of agriculture and scales them across the Pannonian Plain for broader European application
The summer of 2024 was one of the hottest of the last hundred years and caused numerous difficulties in agricultural production. Climate change is present in the Pannonian basin and has a huge impact on the organisation of production, increasingly influencing the selection of agricultural crops and systems that will be cultivated. Approximately ten years from now, it will be significantly more difficult to cultivate soybeans and maize from higher FAO groups.
That’s why experts of the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Agriculture – together with 24 other universities, industry stakeholders and institutions – secured EU funding of close to eight million euros for the large-scale ClimaPannonia project, which aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Climate change in the Pannonian basin impacts production significantly, shaping crop and system selections
The activities of the ClimaPannonia project aim to develop, test, validate and implement systemic solutions to drastically improve the climate resilience of communities and stakeholders that operate within and beyond four key agricultural subsectors: water-food nexus, agroforestry, organic crop production and cattle production. Each of these sub-sectors will be tested at one location and then implemented at two others in different countries, in an effort to test the methodology across the Pannonian Plain. After testing, a business model will be developed to serve as a platform for other regions across Europe in the fight against climate change.
We will additionally include numerous policymakers and key stakeholders in developing regional roadmaps for joint action in each agriculture sub-sector. Results will be discussed through policy workshops at the national and Pannonian levels. Activities will be powered by a digital monitoring system that will unite the region behind the common goal of better mitigating climate challenges.
Moreover, Deloitte will leverage its international expertise in financing models and enabling systems for resource mobilisation to deliver tailored solutions that can be used across Europe and beyond.
