Agro-climatic classification systems for estimating the global distribution of livestock numbers and commodities

Environment International

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 181-187

  White, David H ^a   Lubulwa, Godfrey A ^b   Menz, Ken ^c   Zuo, Heping ^d   Wint, William ^e   Slingenbergh, Jan ^f  

^a ASIT Consulting   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

^c Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro climatic; Agro ecological; Research prioritisation; Technology spillovers; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN;

AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; MODEL; POPULATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SRI LANKA; TEMPERATURE;

(EAST); ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0034756427     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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