Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

by Sivakumar, Mannava V. K.; Motha, Raymond P.

• ISBN13: 9783540727446
• ISBN10: 3540727442
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Extreme Weather and Climate Events, and Farming Risks

Preparedness and Coping Strategies for Agricultural Drought Risk Management: Recent Progress and Trends

Challenges to Coping Strategies with Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties in Africa

Challenges to Coping Strategies with Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties in Asian Regions

Challenges and Strategies to face Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties - Regional Perspective in South America

Agrometeorological Risk and Coping Strategies - Perspective from Indian Subcontinent

Challenges to coping strategies in Agrometeorology: The Southwest Pacific

Challenges to agrometeorological risk management - regional perspectives: Europe

Methods of Evaluating Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties for Estimating Global Agricultural Supply and Demand

Weather and climate and optimization of farm technologies at different input levels

Complying with farmers' conditions and needs using new weather and climate information approaches and technologies

Information Technology and Decision Support System for On-Farm Applications to cope effectively with Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties

Coping Strategies with Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties for Crop Yield

Water management in a semi-arid region: an analogue algorithm approach for rainfall seasonal forecasting

Water Management - Water Use in Rainfed Regions of India

Examples of coping strategies with agrometeorological risks and uncertainties for Integrated Pest Management

Coping Strategies with Agrometeorological Risks and Uncertainties for Drought Examples in Brasil

Coping Strategies with Desertification in China

Coping strategies with agrometeorological risks and uncertainties for water erosion, runoff and soil loss

Developing a global early warning system for wildland fire

Scientific and Economic Rationale for Weather Risk Insurance for Agriculture

Weather Index insurance for coping with risks in agricultural production

Weather Risk Insurance for Coping with Risks to Agricultural Production

Contingency planning for drought - a case study in coping with agrometeorological risks and uncertainties

Agrometeorological services to cope with risks and uncertainties

Using Simulation Modelling as a Policy Option in Coping with Agrometeorological Risksand Uncertainties

Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture Summary and Recommendations

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