Needs for agrometeorological solutions to farming problems

Here we have discussions on problems for which operational solutions with agrometeorological components are highly required, but not yet or incompletely available, or available but not applied. Here pre-publication information may be exchanged and experiences swapped on possible services, research, training/extension and policies related to food security, on-farm and market related. [Discuss items for this section with the President or the Vice-president.]

Climate change and trends in phenology of cotton in northeast Iran — Last modified July 25, 2005 12:34

Climate change and global warming since the 1980s have in parts of the world led to clear responses in plant phenology.

Support systems in policy making for agrometeorological services: the role of intermediaries — Last modified June 07, 2005 13:55

Policy paper prepared for consideration under points 7. and 8. of the provisional agenda of the Second Meeting of the Management Group of CAgM in Guaruja, Brazil, 30/3 - 2/4, 2005, by Kees Stigter (Ed.)

Climate change and its implications to Indian agriculture — Last modified March 16, 2005 19:43

Changes in the atmospheric composition, mainly of so called greenhouse gases, threaten to bring about a substantial shift in the world's climate. In recent years, many studies on climate change have shown that the anthropogenic and biogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other radiatively active gases and aerosols modify the Earth's atmosphere. This modification of the atmosphere has coincided with the mean surface air temperature of the Earth increasing since the 1850s by about 0.050C/decade.

The Moral Challenge of Climate Change — Last modified September 13, 2004 19:55

Dr. Harrold is an Australian climate change impacts scientist who is interested in how climate change and climate variability affect rainfall. He recently completed a two-year fellowship in Japan.

World-wide Frost Problems and Frost Protection — Last modified May 14, 2004 22:45

World-wide Frost Problems and Frost Protection by R.L. Snyder, University of California, Davis, California, USA

Operational Agrometeorological Services for Extension Needs and the Supportive Role of Agricultural Researh — Last modified February 10, 2004 22:56

Operational Agrometeorological Services for Extension Needs and the Supportive Role of Agricultural Researh. By VRK Murthy and Kees Stigter.

Support systems in policy making for agrometeorological services: bringing the work of CAgM OPAGs, ICTs and ETs in a diagnostic and conceptual framework for action support — Last modified March 10, 2003 23:11

Under Working Groups in Agrometeorology we have referred to the new CAgM OPAG system. Kees Stigter wrote a policy paper for the recent CAgM Management Group meeting in Washington (June 2003) on how to bring OPAGs, ICTs, ETs in a diagnostic and conceptual framework, making use of an earlier framework that he developed only recently.

Wind erosion and land degradation in Inner Mongolia, China — Last modified March 09, 2003 21:46

China has made great efforts in controlling desertification and obtained some achievements. However, the problem is still serious under the impacts of man and climate. According to statistics, the total desertified areas, involving 471 cities of 18 provinces, are 2.6 million km2 and extend with some 2500 km2 per year. Four hundred million inhabitants are endangered and about 6500 million dollars are lost per year. Desertified land is in the order of 80% of the total of degraded areas, a higher than average percentage compared to the rest of the world.

Determination of sowing date with increasingly varying onsets of the rains — Last modified March 08, 2003 12:51

In the sudan savanna of northern Nigeria, with its semi-arid climate, the ability to effectively determine or predict the start of the actually productive rains cannot be overemphasized. Several methods exist for calculating the date of onset of the rains that may be taken as the start of the growing season.

Hail storms in India — Last modified April 02, 2002 20:55

Yesterday evening 2 districts (Karimnagar and Warangal) of Andhra Pradesh State of India to which I belong were badly effected by hail storms.