Abstract:

Spain is the main lemon export country in the world, and it is in the Southeast of Spain where most of the lemon production can be found. Citrus cultivation requires very particular conditions that might be affected by the current process of climate change. In this way, the statement about the aquifer 070.052 Campo de Cartagena not achieving a good quantitative and chemical state is a good example of how the cultivation of citrus can be affected by climate change (law 3/2020 Region of Murcia). The aim of this work is to analyse the effect of the regulation imposed by the Segura Hydrographic Confederation over citrus cultivation, both, the agronomic aspects and in terms of profitability. This analysis requires the collaboration of both, economic and agronomics experts. Thus, the problem has been brought to students of Business Administration and Management Degree (BAMD), and Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Engineering Degree (AAEED) in order to carry out an assessment and find out solutions. The Agronomy students have dealt with the agronomic aspects and were supported by the BAMD students to study its economic repercussions and vice versa. We have divided the project in two stages. During the first stage, students of both degrees had to apply their knowledge to carry out an initial proposal to alleviate the problems of the citrus sector in the region. For this purpose, several face-to-face and online meeting were organized. In the second step, the proposal was transformed into usable class material for both subjects: Financial mathematics and Agronomy. With this methodology, not only the students who participated in the project but also the rest of the students benefited from the teamwork and have noticed of the current problem of climate change. For many of them, this was the first time that they had a multidisciplinary project. It has reported to them the possibility to adapt its technical knowledge to other audiences, not specialized in his expertise field and to deal with new tools such as Qgis for the BAMD students and econometric tools for the AAEED ones. Besides, they were able to apply theoretical knowledge to solve real problems. The debate was encouraged as well as the diffusion of the problem, not only in class but also in social networks, where each student provided new proposals and answers to the problem.

Keywords:

Lemon, Financial Mathematics, Agronomy, Class Material, Teamwork.