Weather, climate and farmers: an overview
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Article Title | Weather, climate and farmers: an overview |
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ERA Journal ID | 1983 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Stone, Roger C. (Author) and Meinke, Holger (Author) |
Journal Title | Meteorological Applications |
Journal Citation | 13 (S1), pp. 7-20 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2006 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1350-4827 |
1469-8080 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1350482706002519 |
Web Address (URL) | https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S1350482706002519 |
Abstract | Challenges in linking meteorological and climatological information with a wide range of farming decisions are addressed in this paper. In particular, while a considerable amount of weather and climate information is now available for farmers, some types of information under development or already operational, particularly climate forecasting, may be ill-suited for use by farmers for their decision-making. Case studies show it is particularly important for those key farm decisions that are amenable to weather and climate information to be identified clearly so that weather and climate information can be better tailored to suit farming decisions. A participatory approach provides farmers with ownership of the processes associated with development of weather and climate information and forecasts to farm decisions. Decision-support systems provide useful output when used with farmer discussion groups. Developing appropriate interdisciplinary systems to connect climate, weather and agronomic information, especially including forecasting systems, with farm management is needed if uptake of weather and climate information by farmers is to be successful. provision of output of climate change scenario and trend information to aid long-term strategic farm management decisions needs to be considered, especially in regions where more vulnerable farming zones exist. |
Keywords | climate and weather forecasting; decision-support systems; participative approaches |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410403. Environmental education and extension |
300299. Agriculture, land and farm management not elsewhere classified | |
370202. Climatology | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments |
Department of Primary Industries, Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y3wx/weather-climate-and-farmers-an-overview
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