Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseases
Viticulturists developing adaptation strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change, which affects a grapevine’s physiology and wine typicity, can benefit from climate services. Climate services translate physically based variables, such as temperature and precipitation, into actionable, decisi...
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| author | Christine Nam Laura Teresa Massano Antonio Graca Rossana Cotroneo Alessandro Dell’Aquila Federico Caboni |
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| description | Viticulturists developing adaptation strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change, which affects a grapevine’s physiology and wine typicity, can benefit from climate services. Climate services translate physically based variables, such as temperature and precipitation, into actionable, decision relevant bioclimatic indicators, such as Spring Rain, Heat Stress Days, and Warm Spell Duration. These bioclimatic indicators enable the mitigation of fungal diseases, specifically downy and powdery mildew, as well as sunburn. Accurate seasonal forecasts of these bioclimatic indicators can help farmers with viticulture, labor, and stock management, as well as improve the yield and value of wine-quality grapes. Seasonal forecasts of these indicators are available on the MED-GOLD project’s dashboard. This study determines an annual service fee to access these forecasts on the dashboard. The annual fee accounts for the seasonal forecast accuracy over part of the Douro wine region of Portugal, as well as the potential savings and losses of micro (⩽1 ha) holding grape growers. The revenue generated from this climate service fee exceeds the cost of dashboard maintenance by nearly 10 times, even with a fee which is less than half of the potential savings of the micro holding farmer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c88d557098a4bcf8438bcea37c2de122024-06-17T05:56:06ZengElsevierClimate Services2405-88072024-04-0134100456Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseasesChristine Nam0Laura Teresa Massano1Antonio Graca2Rossana Cotroneo3Alessandro Dell’Aquila4Federico Caboni5Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Chilehaus - Eingang B, Fischertwiete 1, Hamburg 20095, Germany; Corresponding author.Department of Science, Technology and Society, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, ItalySogrape Vinhos, S.A, PortugalItalian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), ItalyItalian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), ItalyLutech SPA, ItalyViticulturists developing adaptation strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change, which affects a grapevine’s physiology and wine typicity, can benefit from climate services. Climate services translate physically based variables, such as temperature and precipitation, into actionable, decision relevant bioclimatic indicators, such as Spring Rain, Heat Stress Days, and Warm Spell Duration. These bioclimatic indicators enable the mitigation of fungal diseases, specifically downy and powdery mildew, as well as sunburn. Accurate seasonal forecasts of these bioclimatic indicators can help farmers with viticulture, labor, and stock management, as well as improve the yield and value of wine-quality grapes. Seasonal forecasts of these indicators are available on the MED-GOLD project’s dashboard. This study determines an annual service fee to access these forecasts on the dashboard. The annual fee accounts for the seasonal forecast accuracy over part of the Douro wine region of Portugal, as well as the potential savings and losses of micro (⩽1 ha) holding grape growers. The revenue generated from this climate service fee exceeds the cost of dashboard maintenance by nearly 10 times, even with a fee which is less than half of the potential savings of the micro holding farmer.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880724000116Climate serviceSeasonal forecastViticultureFungal diseasesTransdisciplinary researchMED-GOLD |
| spellingShingle | Christine Nam Laura Teresa Massano Antonio Graca Rossana Cotroneo Alessandro Dell’Aquila Federico Caboni Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseases Climate Services Climate service Seasonal forecast Viticulture Fungal diseases Transdisciplinary research MED-GOLD |
| title | Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseases |
| title_full | Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseases |
| title_fullStr | Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseases |
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| title_short | Valuation of Climate Services for Viticulturists: Tackling fungal diseases |
| title_sort | valuation of climate services for viticulturists tackling fungal diseases |
| topic | Climate service Seasonal forecast Viticulture Fungal diseases Transdisciplinary research MED-GOLD |
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