Mr. Alexis JEANTET

Alexis is a PhD student at UR HYCAR, INRAE (formerly IRSTEA), working on climate change impacts on French subsurface drainage systems. Subsurface drainage is a hydraulic system used on soils with waterlogging issues to evacuate excess winter water. Drained soils represent 10% of the total arable soils, corresponding to about 20% of French total surface cereal crop. Alexis will use hydrological modelling with the SIDRA-RU model fed by climate projection scenarios to estimate future hydrological trends of the subsurface drainage behaviour in France. The strategy will be to compare hydrological indicators from a historic period (1975-2004) with indicators established from climate scenarios (2006-2100) and following these evolutions to characterize the future hydrological behaviour of subsurface drainage systems. Under the CLAND project, he will provide guidelines for farmers and stakeholders in order to help them in their activities under climate change and to preserve water resources by improving the water quality from subsurface drainage.