Local forecast communication in the Altiplano

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dc.contributor.authorGilles, Jere L.en
dc.contributor.authorValdivia, Corinneen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialLa Pazen
dc.coverage.spatialBoliviaen
dc.coverage.spatialPunoen
dc.coverage.spatialPerúen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:45:42Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:45:42Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractForecasts play an important role in planting decisions for Andean peasant producers. Predictions of the upcoming cropping season determine when, where, and what farmers will plant. This research looks at the sources of forecast information used by farmers in three indigenous communities in the Bolivian and Peruvian Altiplano by examining networks used to access weather forecasts. The Altiplano is impacted by the ENSO phenomenon and by frequent droughts and frosts so weather- and climate-related risks are the greatest threats to food security. While both Peru and Bolivia have forecasting systems that widely broadcast forecasts via mass media, farmers do not take them into account when they make production decisions. Instead, they rely on traditional forecasting techniques even though confidence in these indicators is declining. Even though traditional forecast indicators are understood by most producers, few make their own forecasts. Instead they depend upon a few local experts who appear to have little connection to scientific forecasts or agricultural extension agencies. The implications of these findings for improving forecast use are then discussed.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-4 (Practices and Strategies for Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4028en
dc.identifier.citationBulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90(1): 85-91en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2183.1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68296en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2008BAMS2183.1en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRow cropsen
dc.subjectRainfed agricultureen
dc.subjectAltiplanoen
dc.subjectLocal forecasten
dc.subjectEcosystem Field Scaleen
dc.titleLocal forecast communication in the Altiplanoen
dc.typeAbstracten
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