The program developed by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology allows farmers to better understand the risks of the climate crisis, study found
An online tool developed by the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO, My Climate View, provides farmers with long-term climate projections out to 2070.An online tool developed by the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO, My Climate View, provides farmers with long-term climate projections out to 2070.“That pushes us to 163 days of the year,” she said.
One farmer surveyed was planning on expanding his avocado operations but, after using the software, Malakar said, he decided to consider changing his crop altogether. “That’s the beauty of it,” he said. Peter Holding, an outreach officer for Farmers for Climate Action who runs a mixed sheep and cropping farm outside Young, New South Wales, said farmers were aware becoming of the challenges caused by a warming climate.
The president of the National Farmers’ Federation, David Jockhinke, said he welcomed any tool that would help farmers understand and adapt to a changing climate.
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