Silvia Rondon was appointed director of OSU s Integrated Pest Management Center, developing research partnerships across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest to help farmers improve their production and sustainability.
Bridging the gap: How to get climate services to farmers - Part of the Lao Climate Service for Agriculture (LaCSA)
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LaCSA’s last mile
The Lao Climate Service for Agriculture (LaCSA) provides agro-meteorological information in a compact format relevant to Lao farmers. The challenge addressed here, is the delivery of the provided information to farmers and other end-users. While the standard output channel are bulletins that are published online and sent to subscribed receivers, these resources may be beyond the reach of many farmers.
Under the SAMIS project, FAO in collaboration with the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) and the Department of Agriculture and Land Management (DALaM), have tested a number of pathways to give farmers access to the produced content. Based on their testing, a number of ways have been identified that allow farmers to take advantage of tools that are normally out of their reach. To drive this process, the National Agriculture and Fore