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    <site:program_Title>Climate Variability in Agriculture</site:program_Title>
    <site:program_Body>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;To work with the Australian agricultural sector to develop and implement profitable and sustainable management strategies which prepare it to respond to the major opportunities and risks arising from climate variability.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Climate Variability in Agriculture Program (CVAP) supported the development of a range of information and products and built on the relatively recent developments in seasonal forecasting, particularly the forecasts that evolved from the improved understanding of the El Ni&amp;ntilde;o pattern. The CVAP portfolio emphasised generic approaches and tools together with capacity building to increase confidence in the understanding and use of seasonal climate forecasts.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;h2&gt;What is Climate Variability in Agriculture?&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Knowing more about what&amp;rsquo;s in store climate-wise, as well as how to best manage the risks and opportunities the season may bring is central to the profitable and sustainable future of Australian agriculture. The Climate Variability in Agriculture R&amp;amp;D Program (CVAP) was a national program which addressed these issues, with its aims being:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;improved seasonal outlook forecasts from both improved statistical input and improvedcoupling of atmospheric and ocean models&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;integration of seasonal outlook forecasts with management decision-making in farm management, agribusiness management and in natural resource management (e.g. the agricultural production systems simulator&amp;mdash;the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM), and the AussieGRASS and Streamflow packages)&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;enhanced availability of continuous historical climate data itself with an improved presentational format with advantages for decision-makers requiring data for use&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
    directly in different applications (Bureau of Meteorology SILO Information Reservoir)&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;increased availability of communication products associated with climate including the CLIMAG newsletter and fact sheets&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;a range of knowledge, products and tools emanating from joint projects with the commodity-specific Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) including grains,&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
    sugar, and dairy.&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2&gt;More information&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;The CVAP program has finished, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://managingclimate.gov.au/&quot;&gt;Managing Climate Variability Program&lt;/a&gt; website for the latest information.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</site:program_Body>
    <site:created rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-04-29T03:54:32Z</site:created>
    <site:changed rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-08-13T03:16:07Z</site:changed>
    <site:program_Program_abbv>CVAP</site:program_Program_abbv>
    <site:program_Program_start>1992</site:program_Program_start>
    <site:program_Program_end>2002</site:program_Program_end>
  </site:Program>
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