Who Should Participate?
Anyone
concerned with or interested in the applications of
climate information at local and regional levels to
manage risks to agriculture and natural resources,
including:
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Research, teaching, and extension faculty,
administrators, staff, and students, including
those participating in Regional Integrated
Sciences and Assessments Centers (RISAs),
climate centers, and others involved with
improving the use of climate information for
agriculture and natural resource management.
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Representatives from federal, state, and local
agencies conducting climate research or offering
climate services, such as the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US
Department of Agriculture (USDA), state
departments of environmental protection, state
departments of agriculture, and water management
districts.
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Non-governmental and private-voluntary
organizations (NGOs and PVOs) such as Federation
of Southern Cooperatives, Local Governments for
Sustainability (ICLEI), Sustainable Agriculture
Working Group (SAWG), and others.
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Intermediaries or representatives of potential
climate information users from the private
sector, for example, state Farm Bureaus, crop
consultants, commodity associations, producer
organizations, environmental consulting firms,
agricultural and natural resources media, and
others.
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