Apple Climate Change Project Survey

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* 1. What causes the biggest production losses in your orchard?

Pest & Disease

Weather event (if weather event please specify in other box below)

Birds

Poor nutrition

Other or specific weather event

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* 2. Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Climate variability is impacting on my business

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither agree/disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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* 3. What, if any, noticeable changes have you observed in the weather over the last 10-15 years?
Please rate change on scale of 1- 5, if no noticeable changes have been observed, please go straight to question 11.

	Lower	Slight decrease	No change	Slight increase	Higher	N/A
Summer rainfall	Summer rainfall Lower	Summer rainfall Slight decrease	Summer rainfall No change	Summer rainfall Slight increase	Summer rainfall Higher	Summer rainfall N/A
Winter rainfall	Winter rainfall Lower	Winter rainfall Slight decrease	Winter rainfall No change	Winter rainfall Slight increase	Winter rainfall Higher	Winter rainfall N/A
Summer temperatures	Summer temperatures Lower	Summer temperatures Slight decrease	Summer temperatures No change	Summer temperatures Slight increase	Summer temperatures Higher	Summer temperatures N/A
Winter temperatures	Winter temperatures Lower	Winter temperatures Slight decrease	Winter temperatures No change	Winter temperatures Slight increase	Winter temperatures Higher	Winter temperatures N/A
Extreme events (heat events, hail…..)	Extreme events (heat events, hail…..) Lower	Extreme events (heat events, hail…..) Slight decrease	Extreme events (heat events, hail…..) No change	Extreme events (heat events, hail…..) Slight increase	Extreme events (heat events, hail…..) Higher	Extreme events (heat events, hail…..) N/A
More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events)	More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events) Lower	More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events) Slight decrease	More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events) No change	More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events) Slight increase	More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events) Higher	More variable climate (several years of drought followed by a couple of seasons with summer storms and flooding followed by a summer with very localised events) N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Overall, how would you rate the impact of climate variability on the performances of your business?

Very high

High

Medium

Low

Very low

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What has been/is the effect of the weather in the past 15 years on your apple/pears orchard? (more than one answer if applicable)

Increased sunburn

Delayed bloom

Erratic bloom

Lack of cross pollination

Lack of rainfall

Rainfall at the wrong time

Poor colour development

Hail damage

Increased disease pressure

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Could you give an example where you have done something differently in your orchard due to weather variability?

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* 7. If you have experienced changes in the weather but have not changed anything, why not?

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* 8. How likely are you to consider climate variability when replanting your next block?

Not likely

Slightly likely

Likely

Very likely

Wont be planting another block

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* 9. What information/skills would you need to confidently manage your apple orchard under variable weather conditions?

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* 10. What opportunities, if any, can you see arising from a change in weather pattern?

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* 11. Where is your property located, what area do you have under orchard (ha) and which cultivars do you grow?

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* 12. Are you interested in becoming a member of a working group on this project in your production region?

Yes, if yes please put your contact details below

Contact details

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* 1. What causes the biggest production losses in your orchard?

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* 2. Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statement:Climate variability is impacting on my business

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* 3. What, if any, noticeable changes have you observed in the weather over the last 10-15 years?Please rate change on scale of 1- 5, if no noticeable changes have been observed, please go straight to question 11.

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* 4. Overall, how would you rate the impact of climate variability on the performances of your business?

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* 5. What has been/is the effect of the weather in the past 15 years on your apple/pears orchard? (more than one answer if applicable)

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* 6. Could you give an example where you have done something differently in your orchard due to weather variability?

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* 7. If you have experienced changes in the weather but have not changed anything, why not?

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* 8. How likely are you to consider climate variability when replanting your next block?

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* 9. What information/skills would you need to confidently manage your apple orchard under variable weather conditions?

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* 10. What opportunities, if any, can you see arising from a change in weather pattern?

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* 11. Where is your property located, what area do you have under orchard (ha) and which cultivars do you grow?

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* 12. Are you interested in becoming a member of a working group on this project in your production region?

* 2. Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Climate variability is impacting on my business

* 3. What, if any, noticeable changes have you observed in the weather over the last 10-15 years?
Please rate change on scale of 1- 5, if no noticeable changes have been observed, please go straight to question 11.