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Funded Projects - Agriculture

Principle Investigator(s) Project Title Sector(s) Year Initially Funded
Chris Funk (UCSB Geography), Matt Barlow (AER, Inc.), Joel Michaelsen (UCSB Geography) Building Climate Information in Central America: Agroclimatic Forecast Interpretations for the 2004 Season- Central America suffers from extremes of climate variability, with a limited societal capacity to mitigate these effects. 2004
Agrawala, Shardul; Broad, Kenny; Kestin, Tahl Mapping the Climate Applications Landscape Agricultural, Coastal, Drought, Hazard, Water 2002
Finan, Tim, Maria Carmen Lemos, Roger Fox (U. of AZ), & Alejandro Leon (Universidad de Chile), Don Nelson (U. of AZ) Use and Usefulness: a Comparative Study of Seasonal Climate Forecasting - Systems in Drought-affected Regions of Latin America Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2000
Galvin, K.A. & J. Ellis (CO State) and C.H. Vogel (U of Witwatersrand, South Africa) Responses to Climate Variability and Utility of Climate Forecast Information for the Livestock Sector in the Arid and Semi-Arid Zone, South Africa Agricultural 1998
Glantz, Michael,
NCAR/ESIG
Assessing the Use and Value of ENSO Information for Food Security in Southern Africa Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 1995
Hayes, Michael J., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Sustainable Adaptations to Drought and Climate Variability in Agriculture Production Systems Across Nebraska Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Sustainability, Water 2004
Iglesias, Ana Utility of Climate Information for Drought Management in the Mediterranean Region: A Comparative Study and Improved Communication Methods Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2002
Jagtap, Shrikant, Jim Jones, Univ. of FL Decision Support System for Agricultural Applications of Climate Forecast in West Africa Agricultural 2004
Kirshen, Paul,
Tufts. Univ.
Pilot Studies to Evaluate Interpretation Methods, Intermediary Effectiveness, and Appropriate Levels of Intervention in the Provision of Climate Forecasts in the Sahel-Sudan: Climate Forecasting for Agricultural Resources (CFAR) Project-Phase 2 Agricultural, Water 2002
Kirshen, Paul
Tufts Univ.
A Case Study of Burkina Faso; Opportunities and Constraints to Using Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting to Improve Rainfed Food Production systems at the Village Level in the Sahel-Sudano Region Agricultural, Water 1997
Kolata, Alan L.,
U, of Chicago/Michael W. Binford,
Harvard
Human-Climate Interactions in the Lake Titicaca Basin of Bolivia Agricultural 1995
Lamb, Peter J., U of Oklahoma Climate Information for Managing Risk through Agricultural Land and Machinery Contractual Arrangements Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 2004
Lemos, Maria; Carmen Keck, Margaret Leon, Alejandro Climate, Water Scarcity and Management in Brazil and Chile Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2003
Lemos, Maria,
Carmen Univ. of AZ
Social and Policy Implications of Seasonal Forecasting: A Case Study of Ceara, Northeast Brazil Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 1997
Mendelsohn, Robert,
Yale Univ.
A Ricardian Estimate of the Agricultural Value of Improved ENSO Weather Forecasting Agricultural 1996
Mjelde, James
Texas A&M Univ.
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Improved Climate Forecasts at the National Level Agricultural 1995
Mjelde, James,
TX A&M Univ.
Agricultural 1996
Mjelde, James W. Richardson, J. Richard Conner, and Jerry W. Stuth (Texas A&M) Economic Viability of Rangeland Based Ranching Enterprises Agricultural 1999
Patt, Anthony Testing the Ability of Subsistence Farmers to Use Seasonal Climate Forecasts: A Participatory Approach in Zimbabwe Agricultural 2002
Phillips, Jennifer G./Krantz, David H./Lyon, Bradfield,
Columbia University
Decision Making Under Risk of Extreme Climate Events: Applying Lesson From Seasonal Forecasting Agricultural, Hazard 2004
Phillips, Jennifer, Ben Orlove, Lamont Doherty,
Columbia Univ.
Improving Climate Forecast Communications for Farm Management in Uganda Agricultural 2000
Rosenberg, Norm,
Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Sensitivities of North American Agriculture to ENSO-based Climate Scenarios and Their Socio-Economic Consequences: Modeling in an Integrated Assessment Framework Agricultural 1996
Scott, Michael,
(Battelle/PNNL)
Early Warning of Enso Events For Regional Agriculture Agricultural, Water 1998
Sumner, Dan
Univ. of CA-Davis
Climate Forecasts and Pacific Rim Grain Markets Agricultural 1998
Sumner, Dan
Univ. of CA-Davis
Improved Climate Forecasts and Grain Supply in East Asia: Implications for International Markets Agricultural 1997
Sumner, Dan, Daniel Hallstrom, Hyunok Lee, & Brian Weare, UC, Davis Improved Climate Forecasts and Pacific Rim Grain Supply and Markets: Agricultural 1999
Valdivia, Corinne & Jere Gilles (U. of MO-Columbia), Roberto Quiroz (Intntl Potato Cntr), Christian Jetté (UNDP-Bolivia), Fundación PROINPA - Bolivia (Foundation for promotion & rsrch of Andean products), & CIRNMA - Peru (Ntnal resources & the envir. rsrch center) Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes: Farmer Adaptation and Use of Weather Forecasts in Decision Making Agricultural 1999
Weber, Elke U
Columbia Univ.
Decision-making in agricultural production in the Argentine Pampas: Alternative choice process formulations and the value of climate information Agricultural 2004
David Yates, NCAR Research Support for Climate-Responsive Western Water Management: the Case of Agricultural Water Transfers Agricultural, Water 2005
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