The AGRI DRY project intends to develop an interdisciplinary approach to traditional cultivation through the recognition of the complementary value of cultural heritage and sustainability. The development of human culture is strongly correlated with the development of agriculture and an important role is now recognized for the traditional knowledge of local communities in the management of ecosystems and in the sustainable use of resources, especially considering climate change. The project's international network will train 10 doctoral candidates in new interdisciplinary approaches to examine three interconnected research questions: how and why agricultural systems arose; what were the impacts of these systems; what can we learn from these ancient and traditional systems. The areas considered are arid ones, particularly the Mediterranean Basin, North Africa and the Sahara, South Africa. The objectives are: Analyze the state of the art of the application of stable isotopes in archaeobotany. Investigate compositional variations in archaeobotanical assemblages and evaluate the relationship between cereals and weeds. Correlate functional ecological relationships derived from weed analyzes with those derived from stable isotope analyzes in crop plants. Distinguish the signals related to soil fertility and the water needs of cultivated plants.
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