AGROCLIMA-SSP v1.0 a tool for Scientific Support to Policies for strategy assessment in agricultural systems under climate change scenarios

Abstract

A tool to support decision makers in the design of new irrigation planning is being constructed. Information for decision makers (from Agricultural Extension Services to Ministries relating to Infrastructures for Irrigation Planning) on the impacts of climate change on yields and water requirements, as well as the need to consider changes in the cropping areas and systems is difficult to convey because of the uncertainties linked to climate projections. This explains the need for tools to assist evaluation and dissemination of climate impact projections that do not over-simplify, but yet present clear outputs without loss of content. An improved transfer of results on impacts, uncertainties and adaptations that incorporate the feed-back from decision makers can be done through tools that synthesise main conclusions while avoiding generalisations that hide regional differences, and individual crop and cropping options results. These tools should be designed to facilitate participation and interaction of different users or partners, always though the modelling expert, and in this context AGROCLIMA-SSP is being constructed.