Assessment of climate information needs in the Argentinean agro-business sector

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-563

  Boulanger, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Penalba, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; BUSINESS SECTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE RESEARCH; ECONOMIC RISKS; END-USERS; INSURANCE COMPANIES; INSURANCE MARKETS; INTERNATIONAL COMPANY; MAKING DECISION; PRIVATE SECTORS; SEASONAL PREDICTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INSURANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGROINDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77149180083     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9745-5     Document Type: Article

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