Nurturance and Trust in Developing Agrometeorological Learning in a Changing Climate

Towards More Sustainable Agro-food Systems in Indonesia

“…The government may institutionalize Science Field Shops that help farmers gain agrometeorological knowledge and adapt their practices to increasing climate variability. The government should commit itself to long-lasting education and training and technology transfers, instead of relying on short-life programs such as a one-off workshop (Winarto et al, 2018). Moreover, the government may support its digital extension service efforts by improving digital connectivity in remote regions and cyber agricultural extension systems, and by engaging younger farmers who may be more adept at using digital technology.…”

Anthropology Teaming Up With Agrometeorology: Getting University Science to Assist Farmers With Climate Resilience

“…However, they could still rely on available ground water to survive. In the end, they were able to harvest their crops and to obtain yields, though not of the best quantity (Winarto et al, ). What lessons can we learn from these cases?…”

“…Why is this so? Climate change has produced the following unexpected phenomena: (i) increasing climate variability; (ii) global warming; and (iii) the emergence of more and more severe and extreme events (Stigter & Winarto, a; Winarto et al, ). For farmers, the increasing “heat waves” would reduce the productivity of food crops such as rice and maize.…”

“…For farmers, the increasing “heat waves” would reduce the productivity of food crops such as rice and maize. The more uncertain patterns and distribution of rainfall would create difficulties in defining cropping schedule, agricultural commodity, and appropriate farming strategies (Stigter & Winarto, a; Winarto et al, ). The question is: could farmers rely only on their traditional knowledge and more recent empirical knowledge to cope with these increasing uncertainties?…”