Background:
Climate change can have devastating consequences for temperate fruit growers, since in order to be economically viable, orchards must remain productive over several decades to pay off the investments needed for orchard establishment. It is thus crucial for the sustainability of an orchard operation to accurately estimate the effect of changing weather and soil conditions, on the biology of the cropping systems. Like other crops the changing climate has impacted apple and walnut too. In order to mitigate these impacts proper land use and contingency planning is needed so that the impact can be anticipated well in advance and managed properly:
Technology Details:
For minimizing the climate change impact right prediction and anticipation of yield and time of arrival or delay of various phenological stages is needed to frame and suggest further contingency planning. Land use and contingency planner for apple and walnut is user friendly software that can be used to plan land use and contingency planning for apple and walnut crop. The application requires inputs related to soil, weather, geography and variety. The application can prove to be of great significance for apple and walnut growing areas of India. It is further suggested that before using the application it should be validated systematically.