Ebook: Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Advances and Challenges

Improved adaptation of food production, particularly in areas where climate variability is large, holds the key to improving food security for human populations. Increasing climate knowledge and improved prediction capabilities facilitate the development of relevant climate information and prediction products for applications in agriculture to reduce the negative impacts due to climate variations and to enhance planning activities based on the developing capacity of climate science. This book, based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture and identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agriculture, especially in the developing countries.

In an age of such uncertainty over climate change, there are few more important issues than that of how we feed ourselves.

We need to know more about the potential impact of climate uncertainty on our food supplies – and this book is an important addition to the literature in this field.

Improved adaptation of food production, particularly in areas where climate variability is large, holds the key to improving food security for human populations.

Increasing climate knowledge and improved prediction capabilities facilitate the development of relevant climate information and prediction products for applications in agriculture. This in turn reduces the negative impacts due to climate variations and enhances planning activities based on the developing capacity of climate science.

This book, based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture.

It also identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agricult

In an age of such uncertainty over climate change, there are few more important issues than that of how we feed ourselves.

We need to know more about the potential impact of climate uncertainty on our food supplies – and this book is an important addition to the literature in this field.

Improved adaptation of food production, particularly in areas where climate variability is large, holds the key to improving food security for human populations.

Increasing climate knowledge and improved prediction capabilities facilitate the development of relevant climate information and prediction products for applications in agriculture. This in turn reduces the negative impacts due to climate variations and enhances planning activities based on the developing capacity of climate science.

This book, based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture.

It also identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agricult
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI
Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Summary and the Way Forward....Pages 1-13
Climate Downscaling: Assessment of the Added Values Using Regional Climate Models....Pages 15-29
Development of a Combined Crop and Climate Forecasting System for Seasonal to Decadal Predictions....Pages 31-40
Delivering Climate Forecast Products to Farmers: Ex Post Assessment of Impacts of Climate Information on Corn Production Systems in Isabela, Philippines....Pages 41-48
Seasonal Predictions and Monitoring for Sahel Region....Pages 49-56
Institutionalizing Climate Forecast Applications for Agriculture....Pages 57-61
Climate Applications and Agriculture: CGIAR Efforts, Capacities and Partner Opportunities....Pages 63-70
Institutional Capacity Building in Developing Countries through Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) Process....Pages 71-77
Use of ENSO-Driven Climatic Information for Optimum Irrigation under Drought Conditions: Preliminary Assessment Based on Model Results for the Maipo River Basin, Chile....Pages 79-88
Towards the Development of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for the Application of Climate Forecasts in Uruguayan Rice Production Sector....Pages 89-97
Assessing the Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Support Farmers in the Andean Highlands....Pages 99-110
Application of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Telangana Subdivision of Andhra Pradesh, India....Pages 111-127
Localized Climate Forecasting System: Seasonal Climate and Weather Prediction for Farm-Level Decision-Making....Pages 129-134
Use of Sea Surface Temperature for Predicting Optimum Planting Window for Potato at Pengalengan, West Java, Indonesia....Pages 135-141
Climate Forecast for Better Water Management in Agriculture: A Case Study for Southern India....Pages 143-155
Linking Corn Production, Climate Information and Farm-Level Decision-Making: A Case Study in Isabela, Philippines....Pages 157-164
Use of ENSO-Based Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting for Informed Cropping Decisions by Farmers in the SAT India....Pages 165-180
Application of Climate Prediction for Rice Production in the Mekong River Delta (Vietnam)....Pages 181-187
Climate Prediction and Agriculture: What Is Different about Sudano-Sahelian West Africa?....Pages 189-203
Can ENSO Help in Agricultural Decision-Making in Ghana?....Pages 205-212
Application of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Predict Regional Scale Crop Yields in South Africa....Pages 213-224
Climate Information for Food Security: Responding to User’s Climate Information Needs....Pages 225-248
Improving Applications in Agriculture of ENSO-Based Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts Considering Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures....Pages 249-257
AGRIDEMA: An EU-Funded Effort to Promote the Use of Climate and Crop Simulation Models in Agricultural Decision-Making....Pages 259-264
Web-Based System to True-Forecast Disease Epidemics — Case Study for Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat....Pages 265-271
Climate-Based Agricultural Risk Management Tools for Florida, Georgia and Alabama, USA....Pages 273-278
Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges from an Agricultural Development Perspective....Pages 279-283
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 285-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-307

In an age of such uncertainty over climate change, there are few more important issues than that of how we feed ourselves.

We need to know more about the potential impact of climate uncertainty on our food supplies – and this book is an important addition to the literature in this field.

Improved adaptation of food production, particularly in areas where climate variability is large, holds the key to improving food security for human populations.

Increasing climate knowledge and improved prediction capabilities facilitate the development of relevant climate information and prediction products for applications in agriculture. This in turn reduces the negative impacts due to climate variations and enhances planning activities based on the developing capacity of climate science.

This book, based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture.

It also identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agricult
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI
Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Summary and the Way Forward....Pages 1-13
Climate Downscaling: Assessment of the Added Values Using Regional Climate Models....Pages 15-29
Development of a Combined Crop and Climate Forecasting System for Seasonal to Decadal Predictions....Pages 31-40
Delivering Climate Forecast Products to Farmers: Ex Post Assessment of Impacts of Climate Information on Corn Production Systems in Isabela, Philippines....Pages 41-48
Seasonal Predictions and Monitoring for Sahel Region....Pages 49-56
Institutionalizing Climate Forecast Applications for Agriculture....Pages 57-61
Climate Applications and Agriculture: CGIAR Efforts, Capacities and Partner Opportunities....Pages 63-70
Institutional Capacity Building in Developing Countries through Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) Process....Pages 71-77
Use of ENSO-Driven Climatic Information for Optimum Irrigation under Drought Conditions: Preliminary Assessment Based on Model Results for the Maipo River Basin, Chile....Pages 79-88
Towards the Development of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for the Application of Climate Forecasts in Uruguayan Rice Production Sector....Pages 89-97
Assessing the Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Support Farmers in the Andean Highlands....Pages 99-110
Application of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Telangana Subdivision of Andhra Pradesh, India....Pages 111-127
Localized Climate Forecasting System: Seasonal Climate and Weather Prediction for Farm-Level Decision-Making....Pages 129-134
Use of Sea Surface Temperature for Predicting Optimum Planting Window for Potato at Pengalengan, West Java, Indonesia....Pages 135-141
Climate Forecast for Better Water Management in Agriculture: A Case Study for Southern India....Pages 143-155
Linking Corn Production, Climate Information and Farm-Level Decision-Making: A Case Study in Isabela, Philippines....Pages 157-164
Use of ENSO-Based Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting for Informed Cropping Decisions by Farmers in the SAT India....Pages 165-180
Application of Climate Prediction for Rice Production in the Mekong River Delta (Vietnam)....Pages 181-187
Climate Prediction and Agriculture: What Is Different about Sudano-Sahelian West Africa?....Pages 189-203
Can ENSO Help in Agricultural Decision-Making in Ghana?....Pages 205-212
Application of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Predict Regional Scale Crop Yields in South Africa....Pages 213-224
Climate Information for Food Security: Responding to User’s Climate Information Needs....Pages 225-248
Improving Applications in Agriculture of ENSO-Based Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts Considering Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures....Pages 249-257
AGRIDEMA: An EU-Funded Effort to Promote the Use of Climate and Crop Simulation Models in Agricultural Decision-Making....Pages 259-264
Web-Based System to True-Forecast Disease Epidemics — Case Study for Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat....Pages 265-271
Climate-Based Agricultural Risk Management Tools for Florida, Georgia and Alabama, USA....Pages 273-278
Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges from an Agricultural Development Perspective....Pages 279-283
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 285-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-307
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