Opportunities and constraints for farmers of west Africa to use seasonal precipitation forecasts with Burkina Faso as a case study

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-349

  Ingram, K T ^a   Roncoli, M C ^a   Kirshen, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Drought; Flood; Knowledge systems; Livelihood; Rainfed agriculture; Resource management; Risk management; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0036891338     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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