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

Year of publication 2008

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) 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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