We describe an innovative forecast presentation that aims to overcome obstacles to using
seasonal climate forecasts for decision making, trace factors that influenced how seasonal …

Despite recent and mostly global efforts to promote climate services in developing countries,
Africa still faces significant limitations in its institutional infrastructure and capacity to …

Making agriculture resilient to the trends and shocks of a changing and varying climate
requires effective use of climate information. However, in many places around the world …

Climate services are playing an increasing role in efforts to build the resilience of African
agriculture to a variable and changing climate. Efforts to improve the contribution of climate …

Ethiopia has a history of climate related malaria epidemics. An improved understanding of
malaria–climate interactions is needed to inform malaria control and national adaptation …

Eighty percent of the world's agriculture is rainfed, making it highly vulnerable to climate
fluctuations and stresses, such as those brought about by climate variability and change …

The assessment of expected climate changes on a regional scale requires appropriate data
and information products that must be easily accessible and usable for decision makers. The …

Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a new
initiative, the Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI), to enable and support science towards …

This working paper aims to provide recommendations and guidelines for climate services
good practice. Building on CCAFS work and the broader academic literature, we distil …

This study was conducted to understand how rice farmers living in the highlands of Lake
Toba, both as irrigated and non-irrigated rice farmers, began not to follow the traditional …