An overview of research and projects that the BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative has undertaken to fill in data gaps to support agricultural adaptation and highlights of remaining gaps.

1. Data gaps and agricultural adaptation
Improving data sharing and data access
Tuesday December 3, 2019

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Outline
• Identification of baseline data gaps
• Common data gaps and links to
adaptation
• CAI projects in key areas

3. 2013
2013
2014
2015
2016
August 2019
July 2019
summer 2020
Regional Adaptation Program strategies

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• Weather data
• Pest (insects, diseases, weeds) data
• Water resource data
Key Agricultural Data Gaps

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Weather data
Adaptation
• Precision
management
• Tracking
changes, events,
extremes
• Decision
support tools
CAI projects
• Peace network
• Kootenay &
Boundary
assessment
• DAS
Gap
• Station
coverage
• Data quality
• Forecasting
• Network
maintenance

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Pests (insects, diseases, weeds)
Adaptation
• Real-time
management
• Decision tools
• Pest/weather links
• Tracking
population
changes
CAI projects
• Peace pest
monitoring
• DAS
Gap
• Landscape-
level
monitoring
• Data access
• Pest models

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Water resources
Adaptation
• Management
decisions
• Infrastructure
and investment
decisions
CAI projects
• Livestock
surface water
• Delta and
Fraser Valley
supply and
demand
Gap
• Baseline data
• Assessing
source
vulnerability

8. For information on CAI projects:
• resources, fact sheets, reports: www.bcagclimateaction.ca
• newsletter: www.bcagclimateaction.ca/subscribe
• Facebook: @BCAgClimateAction
• Twitter: @BCAgCAI
Emily MacNair Emily@BCAgClimateAction.ca