Extension agrometeorology as the answer to stakeholder realities: Response farming and the consequences of climate change

Atmosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-253

  Stigter, Kees ^a,b   Winarto, Yunita T ^c   Ofori, Emmanuel ^d   Zuma Netshiukhwi, Gugulethu ^e   Nanja, Durton ^f   Walker, Sue ^b  

^a Agromet Vision   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f Zambia Meteorological Department   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Changing climate; Extension agrometeorology; Ghana; Indonesia; Response farming; South Africa; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CHANGING CLIMATE; GHANA; INDONESIA; RESPONSE FARMING; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; STAKEHOLDER; TRAINING;

GHANA; INDONESIA; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84888816672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos4030237     Document Type: Article

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