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2012 Engage select food security organizations to explore, develop, evaluate new response strategies based on long-lead prediction; and design improved information Journal article, policy brief, media on new response strategies based on long-lead prediction Cornell Objective 3: Year Activities Products Assumptions Target Region Institutes Involved 2011 Review current climate information products, services and delivery mechanisms and their use to manage agricultural risk Report and brief on current information products, services, delivery, use to manage risk East Africa West Africa IGP ACMAD, IRI 2011 Evaluate ICT-based and institutional information delivery models for effectiveness, equitability, relevance, transferability and scalability; and formulate a strategy Report on effectiveness, equitability, relevance, transferability and scalability of ICT delivery systems East Africa West Africa IGP Kiwanja.net, UCAR, Microsoft Research Develop and evaluate calibrated, gridded, historic meteorological data sets for seasonal forecast & crop forecasting applications 2011: Calibrated rainfall data and methodology paper; Proof of concept report for T and SRAD 2012: Full validated data set; Journal paper East Africa West Africa IGP AGRHYMET, NMA (Ethiopia), IRI, U Reading, others
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