posted on 2024-06-21, 03:55authored byCeridwyn Roberts
Farmers are keen to understand the changing climate at a granular, local level and initiated this project looking at adaptation in mid-Canterbury. Farmers said it makes good business sense to understand what is coming so they can futureproof their business.
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to improve farmers' knowledge of a changing climate and enhance their ability to apply that knowledge to action on-farm.
All text in this article is licensed for re-use under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). First published in New Ground magazine (Vol. 2), December 2022
Funding
Funded by the New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment's Our Land and Water National Science Challenge (Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai) as part of project Rural Professionals Fund 2021–22