With this innovative digital platform, AXA Climate is supporting stakeholders in the food-processing industry – such as the Bonduelle Group – in making their operations more sustainable in response to climate change.
Assessing the risk
Through building on data from the latest IPCC report, Altitude makes it possible to measure the climate risk affecting crop production by 2030 and 2050 by taking into account the specific local conditions of farming and the types of soil and crops used. In particular, it predicts the water requirements of crops, measures the impact of water scarcity and specific climate hazards on crop yields, and tests various adaptation scenarios.
Developing a strategy for adapting
Altitude also enables the most effective adaptation measures to put in place to be identified based on the attributes of the system of production, including a more resilient selection of crop varieties, offsetting periods of production, improvements to the quality of soil, or optimising the irrigation process. The tool additionally identifies the geographic production areas that are most suitable for cultivation of a given crop variety.
Lastly, Altitude simulates changes in yields and the financial room for manoeuvre of the farm operator depending on the adaptation scenario, and is able to show optimum crop rotation models under future climate conditions.
The peas model
In 2021, after several seasons of peas being below production targets, the Bonduelle Hauts-de-France Agriculture department and growers from the region called on AXA Climate to carry out a study on the industry’s understanding of the climate trends at work and the identification of adaptive solutions to be put in place within affected crop areas.
This study facilitated:
‘’In response to climate change and its increasingly serious consequences, Altitude is a genuine decision-making support tool, based upon solid scientific data. There is no doubt that it’s the type of initiative which the agricultural sector will need to seize in order to address the changes which lie ahead’’, explains Lucile Dauger, an agronomist and agricultural transition expert at AXA Climate. ‘’It allows those working within agriculture to accurately measure their farm’s exposure to climate risks and simulate various adaptive measures in order to pinpoint the strategy which they believe is the most optimal one for them.’’
About AXA Climate
AXA Climate is an AXA Group entity dedicated to climate and environmental adaptation. Its purpose? Reducing negative impacts on the planet is not enough. AXA Climate is driven by the collective challenge to engage in the regeneration of our companies. AXA Climate provides over 40 hours of digital training content on climate change challenges to major companies wich are eager to support their employees in the evolution of their professions. It provides consulting services to the agri-food, industrial, financial and public sectors to help them successfully adapt to climate and environmental change and create positive interactions between planet Earth and their activities. It uses the best of satellite imagery, to insure and provide financial support to businesses and vulnerable people within days when they suffer from natural or climate-related disasters.
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