Climate Information and Agricultural Practice in Adaptation to Climate Variability: The Case of Climate Field Schools in Indramayu, Indonesia

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 55-69

  Siregar, Prakarma Raja ^a   Crane, Todd A ^b  

^a Indonesian Civil Society Forum on Climate Justice   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate Field School; Climate variability; Collective action; El Ni o; Indonesia; Seasonal climate forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861373553     PISSN: 21539553     EISSN: 1556486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-9561.2011.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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