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Background

South and Southeast Asian countries are very prone to natural resource degradation due to intensive human activities and environmental changes. Moreover, producing additional food on limited land and providing access to food at the household level to ensure food security will likely continue to be  major challenges in the future. There is considerable research being undertaken on agro-climatic monitoring and modeling. Lessons from such work can inform sustainable crop management decisions and provide farmers and decision-makers with alternative farming options. Similarly, a large amount of information on climate variability is available, although use of such data by decision-makers remains low. User-oriented, easily accessible, timely, and actionable scientific information in the form of advisory services can assist adaptation to environmental change. Such information can also be used to make informed decisions to limit the economic damage and social disruption caused by environmental disasters.