Multi-agent modelling of climate outlooks and food security on a community garden scheme in Limpopo, South Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1463, 2005, Pages 2183-2194

  Bharwani, Sukaina ^a,c   Bithell, Mike ^b   Downing, Thomas E ^a   New, Mark ^c   Washington, Richard ^c   Ziervogel, Gina ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agent based model; Agriculture; Climate; Seasonal forecast; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SECURITY; FORECASTING METHOD;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VHEMBE;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645743463     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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