Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sivakumar, Mannava V. K. (Editor), Motha, Raymond P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Geophysics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

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 clima...