Role of education and training in agricultural meteorology to reduce vulnerability to climate variability

Climatic Change

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Walker, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; EDUCATION; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP-CLIMATE MATCHING; LIVESTOCKS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

AGRICULTURE;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION;

AGRICULTURE; EDUCATION; FARM CROPS; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 21744437730     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-5952-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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