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Innovative approaches in climate adaptation
Jacob van Etten
(and many others)
Agrobiodiversity to manage risks and empower the poorInternational Conference Rome, Italy, 27-29 April 2015
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Climate is moving targetAdaptation is location-specific
Information about a diverse array of options is required
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Information about a diverse array of options is required
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Can we overcome barriers to
diversity and accelerate
knowledge generation?
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Crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.
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Jacob van Etten & Lluis Calderer (2015)
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Bradley-Terry model results
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1. Local learning has been fostered andaccelerated
2. Reliable, generalizable results havebeen obtained
3. Reduced costs comparing to otherparticipatory approaches
4. Simple nature of field experimentsmake upscaling possible
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1. ClimMob.net, a user-friendlyinformation platform to be launchedmid-2015 – GxE analysis
2. Input retail: suitable business models
3. Building capacity for implementation
4. Observe other variables and evaluatemore options / species
5. Target technological domains basedon needs analysis (farming systems,household analysis, nutrition)