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User-centred forecast information
Tailored agricultural forecast information requires engagement with users because needs differ across regions, crops, farming systems, and decision contexts.
The Agriculture Task Team is one of SAGE’s application-sector task teams. It focuses on the use of sub-seasonal to seasonal forecast information in agricultural decision-making, where forecast value depends on user needs, local contexts, available decisions, and uncertainty.
Agriculture is one of the priority sectors identified for SAGE. Agricultural applications of probabilistic forecast information are challenging because weather-related impacts depend on crop type, crop management practices, stage of crop development, and wider market and distribution-chain conditions.
Developing tailored forecast information for agriculture requires co-production with local users. This makes the agricultural sector an important area for understanding how S2S forecast information can become more useful, usable, and used in decision-making.
Tailored agricultural forecast information requires engagement with users because needs differ across regions, crops, farming systems, and decision contexts.
The usefulness of S2S forecasts depends on how probabilistic information and uncertainty can be incorporated into agricultural decision-making.
A coordinated interdisciplinary effort can help develop and share better practices for agricultural decision-making using S2S forecast information.
Within SAGE, Applications Task Teams support engagement with existing and potential users of sub-seasonal forecast information. The Agriculture Task Team sits within this application-focused structure.
Applications Task Teams are responsible for coordinating SAGE activities within their respective application sectors.
The task-team structure is intended to support engagement with users and potential users of S2S forecast information.
Applications Task Teams are expected to help organise sector reviews and surveys that inform the wider SAGE work programme.