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Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

By Mannava V.K. Sivakumar , Raymond P. Motha

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2007
ISBN
3540727442, 9783540727446
Open Library ID
OL16899348M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10475749 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
520\520
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13

Description

In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. Both structural and non-structural measures can be used to reduce the impacts of the variability (including extremes) of climate resources on crop production. While the structural measures include strategies such as irrigation, water harvesting, windbreaks etc., the non-structural measures include use of seasonal to interannual climate forecasts, improved application of medium-range weather forecasts and crop insurance. This book based on an International Workshop held in New Delhi, India should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in improved risk management in agriculture.

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