Managing Vulnerability and Boosting Productivity in Agriculture through Weather Risk Mapping : A Guide for Development Practitioners

Productivity in the agricultural sector is inherently dependent on weather, such as variations in rainfall and temperature. As a result, weather risk events can cause losses in yield and production that translate into economic losses for producers,...

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Main Authors:	Arce, Carlos, Uribe, Edgar
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABSORPTION ADVERSE WEATHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGROMETEOROLOGY ALTITUDE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE ATLANTIC HURRICANE ATLANTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC MODELS ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES BANKS BASE TEMPERATURE BASES BIOMASS BOUNDARY LAYER CALCIUM CALCIUM CARBONATE CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DYNAMICS CATASTROPHIC DROUGHT CATASTROPHIC EVENT CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CH4 CLIMATE CLIMATE ANOMALIES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE PREDICTION CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATIC CENTERS CLIMATIC HAZARDS CLIMATIC PROFILE CLIMATIC RESEARCH CLIMATIC VARIABLES CLIMATIC WATER BALANCE CLIMATIC ZONES CLIMATOLOGISTS CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUD WATER CLOUDS CO2 COASTAL FLOODS COLORS COOLING DEGREE DAYS CRU CYCLONE CYCLONE TRACKS DAILY TEMPERATURE DECLARATIONS DEGREE DAYS DENITRIFICATION DISASTERS DROUGHT DROUGHT CONDITIONS DROUGHT INDICES DROUGHT MITIGATION DROUGHT STRESS DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECOSYSTEM EMISSIONS ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXCESS RAINFALL EXTREME HEAT EXTREME HEAT WAVES EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FAMINE FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FARMER FARMERS FERTILIZATION FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD DAMAGES FLOOD RISK FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREST FOREST SERVICE FORESTRY FROST GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GHG GLOBAL RUNOFF DATA GLOBAL SCALE GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HAIL HAILSTORM HEAT WAVES HUMIDITY HURRICANE HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE IMPACT OF WEATHER IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE INTENSE PRECIPITATION EVENTS INTENSITY OF DROUGHT LAND SURFACE LAND USE LONG-TERM PRECIPITATION MEAN TEMPERATURE METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES METHANE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MONSOON N2O NATIONAL CLIMATE NATURAL HAZARDS NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OXYGEN PESTICIDES PH PLANT GROWTH RADIATION RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RAINY SEASON RAINY SEASONS REGIONAL BASIS REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL WEATHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY RELIEF RISK ANALYSIS RISK ASSESSMENT RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES SATELLITES SAVINGS SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SCIENTISTS SEASON SEASONAL RAINFALL SNOW SNOW COVER SODIUM SOLAR RADIATION SOUTHERN OSCILLATION SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX STORM SURGES SUBSTRATES SUMMER TEMPERATURES SUNSHINE SURFACE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION TEMPERATURE PROFILES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS TEMPORAL COVERAGE TEMPORAL RESOLUTION TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS TEMPORAL SCALES TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONES VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE WARNING SYSTEM WATER CYCLE WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER SHORTAGE WATER VAPOR WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECASTS WEATHER MAPS WEATHER OBSERVATIONS WEATHER PATTERNS WEATHER PREDICTION WEATHER RISK MANAGEMENT WEATHER SERVICES WEATHER SHOCKS WEATHER STATIONS WEATHER VARIABILITY WIND WIND DATA WIND SPEED
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Managing Vulnerability and Boosting Productivity in Agriculture through Weather Risk Mapping : A Guide for Development Practitioners

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