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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-245-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-245-2021
Research article
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29 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2021

Communicating uncertainties in spatial predictions of grain micronutrient concentration

Christopher Chagumaira, Joseph G. Chimungu, Dawd Gashu, Patson C. Nalivata, Martin R. Broadley, Alice E. Milne, and R. Murray Lark

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Our study is concerned with how the uncertainty in spatial information about environmental variables can be communicated to stakeholders who must use this information to make decisions. We tested five methods for communicating the uncertainty in spatial predictions by eliciting the opinions of end-users about the usefulness of the methods. End-users preferred methods based on the probability that concentrations are below or above a nutritionally significant threshold.
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