Climate Prediction and Agriculture

by Sivakumar, Mannava V. K.; Hansen, James

• ISBN13: 9783540446491
• ISBN10: 3540446494
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Improved adaptation of food production, particularly in areas where climate variability is large, holds the key to improving food security for human populations. Increasing climate knowledge and improved prediction capabilities facilitate the development of relevant climate information and prediction products for applications in agriculture to reduce the negative impacts due to climate variations and to enhance planning activities based on the developing capacity of climate science. This book, based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture and identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agriculture, especially in the developing countries.

Table of Contents

Climate prediction and agriculture : summary and the way forward	p. 1
Climate downscaling : assessment of the added values using regional climate models	p. 15
Development of a combined crop and climate forecasting system for seasonal to decadal predictions	p. 31
Delivering climate forecast products to farmers : Ex Post assessment of impacts of climate information on corn production systems in Isabela, Philippines	p. 41
Seasonal predictions and monitoring for Sahel region	p. 49
Institutionalizing climate forecast applications for agriculture	p. 57
Climate applications and agriculture : CGIAR efforts, capacities and partner opportunities	p. 63
Institutional capacity building in developing countries through regional climate outlook forums (RCOFs) process	p. 71
Use of ENSO-driven climatic information for optimum irrigation under drought conditions : preliminary assessment based on model results for the Maipo River Basin, Chile	p. 79
Towards the development of a spatial decision support system (SDSS) for the application of climate forecasts in Uruguayan rice production sector	p. 89
Assessing the use of seasonal-climate forecasts to support farmers in the Andean Highlands	p. 99
Application of seasonal climate forecasts for sustainable agricultural production in Telangana subdivision of Andhra Pradesh, India	p. 111
Localized climate forecasting system : seasonal climate and weather prediction for farm-level decision-making	p. 129
Use of sea surface temperature for predicting optimum planting window for potato at Pengalengan, West Java, Indonesia	p. 135
Climate forecast for better water management in agriculture : a case study for southern India	p. 143
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