Beyond the "fit": Introducing climate forecasts among organic farmers in Georgia (United States)

Climatic Change

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 791-799

  Furman, Carrie ^a,b   Roncoli, Carla ^c   Crane, Todd ^d   Hoogenboom, Gerrit ^e  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural risk management; Climate variability; Organic agriculture; Seasonal climate forecasts; Southeastern United States

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FLEXIBLE SYSTEM; GEORGIA; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MANAGEMENT STYLE; ONLINE SURVEYS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; ORGANIC FARMING; SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST; SOCIAL PROFILES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TEMPORAL SCALE;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 81555195481     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0238-y     Document Type: Letter

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