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KULUNDA (KULUNDA)

Project KULUNDA completed ·

KULUNDA aims to make a significant contribution to the adaptation of land use to local conditions and climate change, to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and to sustainable regional development in temperate grasslands. The international research network is particularly interested in developing and establishing a land use management system that is self-sustaining beyond the project duration and can also be transferred from this model region to other conversion areas in temperate grasslands, the “breadbaskets of the world”.

Background and goals

The overarching project objective “How to prevent the next global dust bowl?” is to be achieved by working on the following key areas:

  • Analysing the fundamental interactions between agricultural cultivation methods and soil properties,
  • Development and implementation of adapted utilisation systems and possibilities for steppe restoration,
  • analysing the impact of natural and social conditions on land use decisions and
  • Creation and implementation of a planning and advisory platform to support the introduction of ecologically and economically sustainable land use strategies

Methodological approach

The joint project is supported by 11 sub-projects. Each of the sub-projects involves Russian cooperation partners who support the scientific objectives of KULUNDA and are funded by the Russian side.

  • SP0 – Project coordination
  • SP1 – Soil degradation
  • SP2 – Soil water and matter balance
  • SP3 – Soil carbon
  • SP4 – Vegetation
  • SP5 – Geoinformation
  • SP6 – Carbon modelling
  • SP7 – Crop systems technology
  • SP8 – Agricultural economics
  • SP9 – Social and institutional factors
  • SP10 – Implementation

Expected results

Adaptation of land use to local conditions and climate change, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable regional development in temperate grasslands.