Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture
The Useful to Usable (U2U) project was a six-year research and extension project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to provide both useful and usable climate information for the agricultural (corn) sector in the Midwestern United States. The project adopted an extensive co-product...
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doaj-223160bcc70f431eac2a084153b618b52020-11-24T22:28:50ZengElsevierClimate Risk Management2212-09632017-01-0115C1710.1016/j.crm.2016.10.004Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agricultureLinda Stalker Prokopy0J. Stuart Carlton1Tonya Haigh2Maria Carmen Lemos3Amber Saylor Mase4Melissa Widhalm5Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USATexas Sea Grant College Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USANational Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USASchool of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAEnvironmental Resources Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USADepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USAThe Useful to Usable (U2U) project was a six-year research and extension project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to provide both useful and usable climate information for the agricultural (corn) sector in the Midwestern United States. The project adopted an extensive co-production of knowledge and decision-making approach that involved intense iteration with potential end-users, including farmers and a variety of professional agricultural advisors, through focus groups and surveys, feedback at outreach events, and frequent informal interactions to develop both decision support tools and delivery mechanisms that met stakeholder needs. This overview paper for this special issue illustrates some key ways that the co-production process informed the overall project. Subsequent papers in the special issue span the different objectives of the U2U project, including social, climate, and agronomic sciences. A brief overview of these papers is presented here.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096316300900Co-productionClimate changeMidwestern U.S.Corn producersAgricultural advisorsInterdisciplinary |
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Linda Stalker Prokopy J. Stuart Carlton Tonya Haigh Maria Carmen Lemos Amber Saylor Mase Melissa Widhalm Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture Climate Risk Management Co-production Climate change Midwestern U.S. Corn producers Agricultural advisors Interdisciplinary |
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Linda Stalker Prokopy J. Stuart Carlton Tonya Haigh Maria Carmen Lemos Amber Saylor Mase Melissa Widhalm |
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Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture |
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Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture |
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Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture |
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The Useful to Usable (U2U) project was a six-year research and extension project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to provide both useful and usable climate information for the agricultural (corn) sector in the Midwestern United States. The project adopted an extensive co-production of knowledge and decision-making approach that involved intense iteration with potential end-users, including farmers and a variety of professional agricultural advisors, through focus groups and surveys, feedback at outreach events, and frequent informal interactions to develop both decision support tools and delivery mechanisms that met stakeholder needs. This overview paper for this special issue illustrates some key ways that the co-production process informed the overall project. Subsequent papers in the special issue span the different objectives of the U2U project, including social, climate, and agronomic sciences. A brief overview of these papers is presented here. |
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Co-production Climate change Midwestern U.S. Corn producers Agricultural advisors Interdisciplinary |
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