Preparedness and coping strategies for agricultural drought risk management: Recent progress and trends

Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-38

  Wilhite, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DROUGHT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DROUGHT MONITORING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RISK-BASED MANAGEMENTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876315512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72746-0_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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