Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture
Author: Mannava VK Sivakumar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-01-10
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 3540727469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on an International Workshop held in New Delhi, India, this work should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in improved risk management in agriculture. 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.