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Information To Action: Providing Management Recommendations To Agricultural Users Affected By Drought, Bruce Erickson
Information To Action: Providing Management Recommendations To Agricultural Users Affected By Drought, Bruce Erickson
2011 Symposium on Data-Driven Approaches to Droughts
Mitigating drought’s impact on agricultural production is a key part of any food security and economic stabilization plan. While most agricultural producers periodically experience abnormally dry periods that sometimes limit production, extreme or exceptional droughts may occur infrequently enough that management strategies are unfamiliar, outdated, or untested in a particular set of circumstances. While information to spatially delineate and characterize the effects of a drought is important, the real payoff comes from providing drought-affected individuals with recommendations on how to best manage their situation, and for them to actually adopt these practices. In crop production the ramifications are many: decisions …