Climate change in agricultural areas from Muntenia. Scenarios for Romanian plain and piedmont plain

Climate change is a global challenge not only for the future but also for our present. The development of global warming phenomena, decreasing rainfall and soil erosion are counterproductive for agriculture - these elements are directly harming the quality of crops. Rainfall, average-temperatures, maximum and minimum air temperatures are the main climatic indicators (parameters) to be observed, analyzed and interpreted, qualitatively and quantitatively, in order to find optimal solutions for agricultural production within a culture basin. By performing this study we aimed to process, analyze and interpret the climatic parameters of rainfall and temperature, measured throughout the period of time 1961-2013 by four weather stations of reference for the agricultural territory of Wallachia, respectively in Pitesti, Targoviste, Stolnici and Fundulea areas. The results were used in forecasting medium term climate scenarios, i.e. for the purview of future years 2020 and 2030 and we hope these will be useful for agronomical research. Based on the conducted studies, there have been noticed changes of climate parameters within this area, i.e. changing of average and extreme temperatures, of quantities of rainfall during the vegetation and dormant periods of time – these changes might affect (from the aspect of quality and quantity) the value of agricultural production within the studied area. Climate change effects are negative elements for agriculture, which are propagating within the agricultural territories. As a short-time-effect we can notice the reducing of soil water reserves which are necessary for agricultural crops and as a middle- and long-time-effect we can notice soil quality depreciation.