Climate prediction and agriculture : advances and challenges

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Climate prediction and agriculture : advances and challenges

Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, James Hansen (eds.)

Springer, c2007

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This volume brings together papers presented at the "International Workshop on Climate Prediction and Agriculture--Advances and Challenges" held May 11-13, 2005 at WMO in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the "Synthesis Workshop of the Advanced Institute on Climatic Variability and Food Security", held May 9-10, 2005 at WMO in Geneva

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, this book reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture. It also 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 developing countries.

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Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Summary and the Way Forward.- Climate Downscaling: Assessment of the Added Values Using Regional Climate Models.- Development of a Combined Crop and Climate Forecasting System for Seasonal to Decadal Predictions.- Delivering Climate Forecast Products to Farmers: Ex Post Assessment of Impacts of Climate Information on Corn Production Systems in Isabela, Philippines.- Seasonal Predictions and Monitoring for Sahel Region.- Institutionalizing Climate Forecast Applications for Agriculture.- Climate Applications and Agriculture: CGIAR Efforts, Capacities and Partner Opportunities.- Institutional Capacity Building in Developing Countries through Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) Process.- Use of ENSO-Driven Climatic Information for Optimum Irrigation under Drought Conditions: Preliminary Assessment Based on Model Results for the Maipo River Basin, Chile.- Towards the Development of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for the Application of Climate Forecasts in Uruguayan Rice Production Sector.- Assessing the Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Support Farmers in the Andean Highlands.- Application of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Telangana Subdivision of Andhra Pradesh, India.- Localized Climate Forecasting System: Seasonal Climate and Weather Prediction for Farm-Level Decision-Making.- Use of Sea Surface Temperature for Predicting Optimum Planting Window for Potato at Pengalengan, West Java, Indonesia.- Climate Forecast for Better Water Management in Agriculture: A Case Study for Southern India.- Linking Corn Production, Climate Information and Farm-Level Decision-Making: A Case Study in Isabela, Philippines.- Use of ENSO-Based Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting for Informed Cropping Decisions by Farmers in the SAT India.- Application of Climate Prediction for Rice Production in the Mekong River Delta (Vietnam).- Climate Prediction and Agriculture: What Is Different about Sudano-Sahelian West Africa?.- Can ENSO Help in Agricultural Decision-Making in Ghana?.- Application of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Predict Regional Scale Crop Yields in South Africa.- Climate Information for Food Security: Responding to User's Climate Information Needs.- Improving Applications in Agriculture of ENSO-Based Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts Considering Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures.- AGRIDEMA: An EU-Funded Effort to Promote the Use of Climate and Crop Simulation Models in Agricultural Decision-Making.- Web-Based System to True-Forecast Disease Epidemics - Case Study for Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat.- Climate-Based Agricultural Risk Management Tools for Florida, Georgia and Alabama, USA.- Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges from an Agricultural Development Perspective.- Conclusions and Recommendations.

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