About AgroClimate and SECC
What is AgroClimate?
AgroClimate is an interactive website with climate, agriculture, and forestry information that allows users to assess resource management options with respect to their probable outcomes under forecast climate conditions. AgroClimate uses crop simulation models along with historic and forecast climate data to allow decision makers to compare changes in probable outcomes under different climate conditions.
AgroClimate is a product that is still under development. At present it includes: 1) background climate information and a climate tool that allows decision makers to compare climate variability under different ENSO conditions; 2) crop information and tools for peanut, tomato, and potato; 3) forest management and wildfire risk assessment; and 4) links to other sources of related information of value to decision makers. Planned additions coming soon to AgroClimate include: 1) tools for assessing management options for additional crops, pastures, and livestock that are important to the agricultural economy of the southeastern USA; 2) a tool to help decision makers to assess the value of irrigation water; 3) a tool to help decision makers assess the value of crop insurance; and 4) a county-level database that links historic agricultural production data with climate so that decision makers can assess the effects of past climate variability of agricultural commodities.
What is SECC?
The Southeast Climate Consortium, or SECC, is a coalition of six universities - Florida State University, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Georgia, Auburn University, and University of Alabama-Huntsville. AgroClimate and the other programs of the SECC are designed around broad themes of product assessment and evaluation, program evaluation, and economic analysis and highlight research done into the fields of climate, forestry, agricultural risk, extension, and natural resources and the environment.
For more information about SECC, please click on the "About SECC" link in the menu at your left or visit the Consortium's home page at http://SEClimate.org/.
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