Assessing climate risks in rainfed farming using farmer experience, crop calendars and climate analysis

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1380-1393

  Nidumolu, U B ^a   Hayman, P T ^b   Hochman, Z ^a   Horan, H ^a   Reddy, D R ^c   Sreenivas, G ^c   Kadiyala, D M ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c PROFESSOR JAYASHANKAR TELANGANA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COTTON; CROP YIELD; DATA ASSIMILATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PADDY FARMING; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RANKING; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLHOLDER;

INDIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84954387882     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859615000283     Document Type: Article

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