Climate change adaptation strategies for agro-ecosystem-a review

Journal of Agrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-160

  Boomiraj, K ^a   Wani, Suhas P ^a   Garg, Kaushal K ^a   Aggarwal, P K ^b   Palanisami, K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agro ecosystem; Climate change; Impact; Livestock

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251564037     PISSN: 09721665     EISSN: 25832980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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