SESSION XIV

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT

The panel provides for speeches of specialists from various branches of science to create a comprehensive picture of the situation at present of Polish agriculture and its potential for sustainable development. The theme will be water management and agricultural practices in the context of adaptation to climate change. The panel will present, inter alia, biotechnologies used to increase water retention in the landscape, the ability to absorb pollutants and limit eutrophication of surface waters, limit the outflow of nitrogen pollutants from point and area sources, as well as to improve soil quality and plant growth and yield.