Frost Risk Forecasting for Orchards: Pilot Study of Microclimate Sensing Against Regional Warnings

Authors

  • Gunhild Lundgaard Centre for Agroclimatology, Romerike Centre for Digital Agriculture, Jessheim, Norway Author
  • Gastone Lombardini Department of Horticulture, Oltrepo Centre for Digital Agriculture, Voghera, Italy Author
  • Darina Enchev Department of Agricultural Instrumentation, Thracian Plain Institute of Agro-Informatics, Chirpan, Bulgaria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664568

Keywords:

Frost Risk Forecasting for Orchards; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

There is real interest in frost risk forecasting for orchards right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers the most
value. We pull together the current evidence for frost risk forecasting for orchards, covering the methodological, practical,
governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still largely
working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either
broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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