A review of current evidence on climate forecasts and their economic effects in agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1089-1095

  Mjelde, James W ^a   Hill, Harvey S J ^a   Griffiths, John F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EID: 0032321541     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244210     Document Type: Article

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