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Resilgame: a game to experiment farm adaptation to climate change

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The issue of climate change is particularly important for the agricultural sector, whose production is directly linked to the climate and where the effects are already observed. Although farmers are aware of this, they only make marginal adjustments to mitigate these effects. Adaptation levers to improve the resilience of farming systems have already been identified within the different compartments of the farm. But all this knowledge is fragmented and difficult to integrate at the same time by both farmers and their advisors. This is why we have designed a serious game to confront farmers and student, with future climates and put them in a decision-making situation. To build the game, we brought together people involved in projects related to adaptation to climate change, i.e. teachers, trainers, advisors, and researchers in various disciplines: agronomy, meteorology, animal science, economics, and sociology. The game is made up of two parts: a common board where players choose adaptation levers (for crops, pastures and animals), react to hazards and observe environmental performances; and an individual board where they decide on the cropping plan and animal numbers. The goal of the game is to reach objectives (income, reduction of phytosanitary treatments or work time) according to the character played. Crops can be sold or used to feed the animals. Crops, animals, but also technical choices and responses to hazards affect greenhouse gases, crop protection treatments, net margin and labour time. The game includes climatic and economic hazards that affect the characteristics of the crops and animals. Their effects can sometimes be countered by an adaptation lever. Some of these levers can be activated in reaction to the hazard, while others must be anticipated for the effect to be active. The first tests of the game have confirmed its ability to simulate the consequences of climate changes that force players to change their practices. It must be combined with knowledge inputs to help players understand the mechanisms and the effects of global changes and the levers of adaptation. The next step is to evaluate the players’ ability to implement the adapted practices on their farms.
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hal-04337046 , version 1 (12-12-2023)

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G. Martel, S. Colombié. Resilgame: a game to experiment farm adaptation to climate change. Book of Abstracts of the 74. Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP, Aug 2023, Lyon, France. ⟨hal-04337046⟩

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