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AgTech space, is the strong research and development foundation. The TerraClim platform presents high resolution maps of climatic and geographic datasets as a series of dynamic map layers. Such datasets could guide farm- and field-level adaptive strategies for leveraging change and building resilience in the face of climate uncertainty in the Western Cape. View the web interface at www.terraclim.co.za and provide feedback to tara@sun.ac.za, we endeavour to improve the tool based on your feedback. SUMMARY The final part of the series deals with the transition of fundamental research into the domain of the decision maker, through a web application (www.terraclim.co.za) to aid long- and short-term decision making in the context of climate change. The last four articles in the series have highlighted the reality of climate change and proved that the grapevine will respond to the environmental changes. The inaccessibility

to climate data faced in the study and the wine industry underpinned the establish­ ment of an accessible and reliable central climate data of high temporal resolution, to aid infield decision making. Spatial and temporal data sources need to be integrated to create new spatial and temporal layers of higher resolution, which would aid more insightful within-season decision making and adaptive strategies for a warmer (or cooler) future. TerraClim is an extension of this study integrating multiple data resources into a central database with a user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain pertinent information about climate, terrain and soils to aid long- and short-term agricultural decision making, building resilience in the face of climate uncertainty in the Western Cape.

FIGURE 4. Map of the recently installed high density, low cost wireless temperature and relative humidity logger network for further research and development within the TerraClim platform.

For more information, contact Tara Southey at tara@sun.ac.za or visit www.terraclim.co.za.

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