1. Increasing Climate Variability And Change: Reducing The Vulnerability

   • M. James Salinger

   Guest Editorial Pages: 1 - 3

2. Foreword

   • M. Jarraud

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 7

3. Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future – An Overview

   • M. James Salinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 29

4. Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture and Forestry in the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics

   • M. V. K. Sivakumar
   • H. P. Das
   • O. Brunini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 72

5. Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability On Agriculture and Forestry in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics

   • Yanxia Zhao
   • Chunyi Wang
   • Lourdes V. Tibig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 116

6. Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Temperate Regions: Europe

   • Gianpiero Maracchi
   • Oleg Sirotenko
   • Marco Bindi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 135

7. Impacts of Present and Future Climate Change and Climate Variability on Agriculture in the Temperate Regions: North America

   • Raymond P. Motha
   • Wolfgang Baier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 164

8. Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and forest Resources: A View from the IPCC

   • William Easterling
   • Michael Apps

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 189

9. Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture

   • Ian Burton
   • Bo Lim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 200

10. The Development of Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting

    • Mike Harrison

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 220

11. Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting: The New Tool for Increasing Preparedness to Climate Variability and Change In Agricultural Planning And Operations

    • Holger Meinke
    • Roger C. Stone

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 253

12. Using Traditional Methods and Indigenous Technologies for Coping With Climate Variability

    • C. J. Stigter
    • Zheng Dawei
    • Mei Xurong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 271

13. Tomorrow’s Forests: Adapting to A Changing Climate

    • Don C. Maciver
    • Elaine Wheaton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 282

14. Management Strategies to Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils and to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • R. L. Desjardins
    • W. Smith
    • R. Riznek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 297

15. Climate, Communications, And Innovative Technologies: Potential Impacts and Sustainability of New Radio and Internet Linkages in Rural African Communities

    • Mohammed Boulahya
    • Macol Stewart Cerda
    • Kelly Sponberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 310

16. Role of Education and Training in Agricultural Meteorology to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Variability

    • Sue Walker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 318

17. Agrometeorological Research and Applications Needed to Prepare Agriculture and Forestry to 21st Century Climate Change

    • Victorine Perarnaud
    • Bernard Seguin
    • Denis Loustau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 340

18. Reducing Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry to Climate Variability and Change: Workshop Summary and Recommendations

    • M. J. Salinger
    • M. V. K. Sivakumar
    • R. Motha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 362