Climate science in support of sustainable agriculture and food security

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 95-110

  Selvaraju, Ramasamy ^a   Gommes, René ^a,b   Bernardi, Michele ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate risk management; Climate science; Food security; Institutional partnerships; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE SCIENCE; FOOD SECURITY; INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

FOOD SUPPLY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79957569127     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00954     Document Type: Article

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