Climate Prediction and Agriculture
Advances and Challenges

Based on an International Workshop held in Geneva in 2005, this book reviews the advances made so far in seasonal climate predictions and their applications for management and decision-making in agriculture. It also identifies the challenges to be addressed in the next 5 to 10 years to further enhance operational applications of climate predictions in agriculture, especially in developing countries.

Climate Prediction and Agriculture.- Climate Downscaling.- Development of a Combined Crop and Climate Forecasting System for Seasonal to Decadal Prediction.- Delivering Climate Forecast Products to Farmers.- Seasonal Predictions and Monitoring for Sahel Region.- Institutionalizing Climate Forecast Applications for Agriculture.- Climate Applications and Agriculture.- Climate Forecast Applications for Better Water Management in Agriculture.- Linking Corn Production, Climate Information and Farm-Level-Decision-Making.- Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges from an Agricultural Development Perspective.- Conclusions and Recommendations.