Planning an extended climate and weather forecasting system for hazard preparedness in agriculture, Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, both in flood years and in dry years, rice crop is under growing risks of yield loss due to disasters. The three-tier weather forecasting scheme provides information on the coming weather and allows to plan agricultural activities accordingly, following the ordinary cropping pattern in case of early or timely rains, or changing it in the event of late arrival of rainfall.

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Main Author: FAO
Format: Document biblioteca
Language:English
Published: FAO ; 2008
Online Access:https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA3776EN
http://www.fao.org/3/ca3776en/ca3776en.pdf
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Summary:In Bangladesh, both in flood years and in dry years, rice crop is under growing risks of yield loss due to disasters. The three-tier weather forecasting scheme provides information on the coming weather and allows to plan agricultural activities accordingly, following the ordinary cropping pattern in case of early or timely rains, or changing it in the event of late arrival of rainfall.