Development of an agricultural weather policy

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 303-313

  Motha, Raymond P ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural weather policy; Climate change; Climate variability; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FARMING SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; WEATHER;

EID: 33846455837     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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