Vulnerability of Sri Lanka tea production to global climate change

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 87-94

  Wijeratne, M A ^a  

^a TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

agriculture; Sri Lanka; tea

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; SRI LANKA; TEA;

AGRICULTURAL IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE; TEA PRODUCTION;

SRI LANKA;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY; RAINFALL INTENSITIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0029659132     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1053-4_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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