Tomaso Ceccarelli
Senior researcher, Global Food Security, Wageningen Environmental Research
Senior researcher, Global Food Security, Wageningen Environmental Research
Biography
Articles
The suitability of existing open data weather data for agro-meteo advisory
by Tomaso Ceccarelli , Allard de Wit and Rob Lokers
Open data in the weather domain could address the information needs of agro-meteo farm advisory systems. However, is open data ‘fit-for-purpose’; does it match the needs of being reliable, relevant, timely and accessible? Some answers come from the CommonSense project targeting smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
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Agrometeorological advisory services for improved climate resilience in Africa
by Lys Lobote , Asaye Asnake , Esayas Lemma and Tomaso Ceccarelli
Agriculture is the backbone of Ethiopia and Mali and provides a living for most people in both countries. But climate change is already having an impact on food security as a result of increased extreme events and unpredictable weather patterns. Agrometeorological advisory services are helping some farmers to increase production despite the challenges.
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