Amount/Period: $4.4 Million; July 2016 – Aug 2021
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
US Institutions: University of Connecticut (lead)
University of Wisconsin
International Food Policy Research Institute
University of Oklahoma
United States Geological Survey
International Organizations:
Addis Ababa University (Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
& Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources)
Bahir Dar University
University of Kassel-Germany
University Joseph Fourier-France
University of Reading-UK
Sunmoon University-S. Korea
Aim: Supply farmers and government agencies seasonal projections on weather and agriculture/energy productivity to guide their decisions
Outcome: Enhance crop and energy production in normal years; minimized losses during climatic extremes.
How: Acquire a detailed understanding of:
the decision-making contexts, interactions between data producers (scientists and government agencies) and users (farmers, water managers, local authorities), and
ways that users respond to forecast uncertainty.
