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
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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
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• Twitter: @BCAgCAI
Emily MacNair Emily@BCAgClimateAction.ca