1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation
4 Abbreviations and acronyms
5 Conventions
6 Motivation and impacts of
climate change on the agriculture sector
6.1 Motivation for climate change adaptation
6.2 Impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector
7 Climate change adaptation
measures for the agriculture sector
7.1 Need for adaptive crop treatment
7.2 Need for management of resources
7.3 Need for risk protection / mitigation mechanisms
8 The ecosystem of the
agriculture sector to be involved in adaptation
9 Trends in ICT which are
relevant to the agriculture sector
10 ICT components which are relevant to the agriculture sector
11 How ICT can help sustain the
agricultural sector
11.1 ICT to monitor site conditions including land use planning
11.2 ICT to promote knowledge sharing and improve management
11.3 ICT use in agricultural expert systems
11.4 ICT to distribute climate-smart agricultural information
to/from farmers
11.5 Computer modelling and
agricultural forecasting
11.6 ICT for risk management
11.7 ICT for automatic control of
greenhouses
Appendix I – Remote sensing application applied to agriculture
in Africa
Appendix II – NeGP-A initiatives for geo-spatial
visualisation, analysis and decision making services in India
Appendix III – ICT in agriculture sector adaptation to climate
change – India
III.1 Introduction
III.2 NICRA
III.3 Best practice in R&D and use of big data; strengthening of
statistical computing for the national agricultural research system in
India
Appendix IV – Adapting cultivation methods to changing climate
conditions in Japan
IV.1 Tea use case
Appendix V – Agricultural expert system in Egypt
V.1 Agriculture expert system – Best practices, Egypt
V.2 Expert systems implemented at CLAES
V.3 Early warning system for epidemic crop diseases
Appendix VI – Computer modelling of weather data and
agricultural forecasting
VI.1 Computer modelling
VI.2 Crop modelling
Appendix VII – The central agricultural portal, information
services and networks in India
VII.1 NeGP-AMMP
VII.2 The central agricultural portal (CAP) – Enhancing collaborative
efforts using ICT and multimedia
VII.3 Farmers' portal
VII.4 Development of ICT based networks/ infrastructure for
agriculture sector
VII.5 Mobile phone text and voice based services
VII.6 Kisan (Farmer) call centre (KCC)
Appendix VIII – ICT based risk management applications in
India
VIII.1 Forecasting
VIII.2 Fertilizer quality control application
VIII.3 Testing and tracking applications
VIII.4 Practices for enabling real time pest management solutions
Appendix IX – Automatic optimization of environmental conditions
in greenhouses - Japan
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