Overview
As the agricultural industry faces challenges posed by increased climate variability and projected climate change, producers, research institutes, national and state agencies, and private industries are looking for ways to use climate information and forecasts as part of their strategy to reduce production risks and increase profitability. This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the
AgroClimate information system developed by the Southeast Climate Consortium and teach participants how to develop and implement an
AgroClimate-based information system for other regions. It will cover the basic steps required for implementing a successful system including the use of participatory approach to engage end users in the development process and how to become a user or developer in the recently established
Open Source AgroClimate project.
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Objective
The main objective of this workshop is to introduce participants to all aspects of developing and implementing an
AgroClimate-based risk management system. Participants will learn the methodology used to develop
AgroClimate, the challenges and successes, and how to transfer or develop new
AgroClimate decision support tools to regions of interest to workshop participants with minimum cost and increased chances of success. Participants will be provided with a users guide to decision support tools available in
AgroClimate and step-by-step instructions for downloading and installing the tools available in the Open Source project. In addition participants will practice with hands-on exercises and have the opportunity to interact with system developers and users.
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Who Should Participate
Extension specialists, risk management experts in state and national agencies and private industries, crop consultants, researchers, and anyone interested in applying climate information and forecast to manage production risks in agriculture.
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Agenda
Open Source AgroClimate-based Systems
for Climate Risk Management
Located in the Caribe Royal Conference Center, Meeting
Room Boca 1
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Monday, May 23, 2011 |
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8:00am-8:30am |
Morning refreshments |
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8:30am- 9:00am |
Introduction of Participants and Speakers,
Workshop Objectives |
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9:00am- 10:00am |
Reducing Risks in Agriculture: Adapting to
Seasonal Climate Variability – Clyde Fraisse |
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10:00am- 10:15am |
Beverage Break |
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10:15am- 11:00am |
Introduction to AgroClimate and Tools (hands-on
exercise, laptop required) – Clyde Fraisse |
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11:00am- 11:30am |
What is new? AgroClimate Mobile for Smart
Phones, Copper Application Scheduler for Citrus
Growers, Peanut Leaf Spot Advisory Tool – UF
and UGA AgroClimate team |
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11:30am- 12:00pm |
How to Get Started? The Importance of Using
Participatory Approach to Engage End-users –
Norman Breuer |
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12:00pm- 1:00pm |
Lunch provided in Boca II |
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1:00pm- 3:00pm |
Going Open Source: Discussing the purpose behind
Open AgroClimate, focusing on community
involvement, distribution and improvement of
code. Also will be showing other Open Source
tools that can be used in
conjunction with Open AgroClimate (laptop
required) – Christopher Villalobos, Oxana
Uryasev |
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3:00pm- 3:15pm |
Beverage Break |
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3:15pm- 3:45pm |
Data Requirements: What Do I Need for
Implementing a System? Climate, Crop Yield, Data
Requirements for Different Tools including Crop
Models – Clyde Fraisse, Oxana Uryasev, Howard
Hu |
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3:45pm- 5:00pm |
How to get started with Open AgroClimate:
Introducing Content Management Systems and how
Open AgroClimate integrates into the WordPress
CMS. During this course you will be deploying
your own AgroClimate system with freely
available tools and sample data provided by The
Open AgroClimate Project (laptop required) –
Brent Ferraro, Christopher Villalobos |
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
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7:30am-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
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8:00am- 10:00am |
Becoming a Developer: This session shows how to
setup an Open AgroClimate development
environment, and becoming a participant in the
development community. Covers the different
technologies being used by Open AgroClimate and
why those were chosen – Christopher
Villalobos, Brent Ferraro |
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10:00am- 10:15am |
Beverage Break |
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10:15am- 11:15am |
Roundtable session: Expanding the Open
AgroClimate Community, Ideas for Collaboration
among participants, potential for funding
opportunities, Upgrade/Development of New Tools |
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11:15am- 12:00pm |
Closing Comments, Workshop Evaluation and
Feedback |
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12:00pm |
Workshop Concludes |
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Workshop Requirements
This is a
hands-on workshop and attendees will need to bring their
own laptop. Laptops should be equipped with the
following:
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Workshop
Registration Information
Enrollment in this workshop is limited to the first 30
participants, and registrations will be accepted on a
first-come, first-served basis. Due to the specialized
nature of this workshop advance registration is
required, and we encourage you to register early to
secure a seat. After the cancellation deadline,
registration fees will not be refunded.
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Workshop
Registration Category |
Registration Fee |
Registration Deadline |
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Early Bird
Discounted Registration |
$285 |
By March 28, 2011
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Regular
Registration |
$375 |
By April 25, 2011
(based on availability) |
Fee
payments must accompany all registrations by the
deadline
What Does the Registration Fee Include?
The workshop registration fee provides each attendee
full participation in the workshop, workshop materials,
and professional workshop instruction. The workshop fees
also provides for morning refreshments, beverage breaks
and lunch on Monday.
Requirements: Participants are to bring their
Laptop. Please refer to workshop requirements for
information about laptop specifics
Refund Policy: All refund requests must be
received in writing by April 25, 2011. No refunds will
be issued after this date. A processing fee of $35.00
will be deducted from all refunds.
Special Needs: Participants with special needs
can be reasonably accommodated by contacting the Office
of Conferences & Institutes at least 21 working days
prior to the conference. We can be reached by phone at
1-352-392-5930, by FAX at 1-352-392-9734, by email at
mstage@ufl.edu or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD). The
TDD number can only be accessed from within the State of
Florida.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
Register for the workshop when you
register for the CIMR Symposium.
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Contact Information
Program Information
Clyde W Fraisse
Workshop Chair
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
University of Florida, IFAS
Department of Agricultural
& Biological Engineering
PO Box 110570
Gainesville, FL 32611-0570
TEL:
(352) 392-1864 ext. 271
EMAIL:
cfraisse@ufl.edu
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General Information
Mandy Stage
Workshop Coordinator
University of Florida, IFAS
Office of Conferences
& Institutes (OCI)
PO Box 110750
Gainesville, FL 32611-0750
TEL:
352-392-5930
EMAIL:
mstage@ufl.edu |
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