Managing Climate Risk in Cropping Systems

Seasonal climate forecasting has economic value for farmers in south eastern Australia
Bettina Lythgoe, Daniel Rodriguez, De Li Liu, John Brennan, Brendan Scott, Gordon Murray and Peter Hayman

A Statistical Model for Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting over the Highlands of Eritrea 
Mehari Tesfazgi Mebrhatu, M. Tsubo and Sue Walker

Agricultural impacts of regional variability of the West African monsoon
B. Sultan, Christian Baron, Michael Dingkuhn and Serge Janicot

The characteristics of daily and monthly rainfall for a decision support system
Mehari Tesfazgi Mebrhatu, M. Tsubo and Sue Walker

Spatial modelling of extreme temperatures in the southern mallee of Victoria
Prakash Dixit, Daniel Rodriguez and D. Chen

Climate information contributes to better water management of irrigated cropping systems in southern India
Ramasamy Selvaraju, Holger Meinke and James Hansen

The development of combined weather and crop yield forecasting systems for the tropics
A.J. Challinor, T.R. Wheeler, J.M. Slingo, Peter Craufurd, D.I.F. Grimes and T. Chee-Kiat

Quantifying risk for maize–bean intercrop production in the semi-arid region of southern Africa
Sue Walker, H.O. Ogindo and M. Tsubo

Global Climate Ghange and Food Security for Small Farmers in Honduras
Carlos G.H. Díaz-Ambrona, Ruben Gigena Pazos and Carlos O. Mendoza Tovar

PRUDENCE: a project seeking to minimise uncertainties in the evaluation of climate change impacts on agriculture in Mediterranean areas 
M. Inés Mínguez, M. Ruiz-Ramos, Carlos G.H. Díaz-Ambrona, M. Quemada and F. Sau

Integrating software tools and seasonal climate outlooks to optimise wheat gross margin profits at Merredin, Western Australia.
Meredith Fairbanks and Alexandra Edward

Does ENSO influence the break of season in south-eastern Australia?
De Li Liu, Peter Hayman and Brendan Scott

Using the REML statistical procedure to examine trends due to climate change
Kerry L. Bell, Sarah Lennox and Peter DeVoil

A statistical distribution for modelling rainfall with promising applications in crop science
Sarah Lennox, Peter K. Dunn, Brendan Power and Peter DeVoil

Likely impact of climate change on wheat and sorghum production in central Queensland
Andries Potgieter, Holger Meinke and Alastair Doherty

Effects of a changing climate on wheat cropping systems in northern New South Wales
Brendan Power, Holger Meinke, Peter DeVoil, Sarah Lennox and Peter Hayman

Assessment of probabilistic forecast ‘skill’ using p-values 
Aline de H.N. Maia, Meinke Holger and Sarah Lennox

Forecasting with the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the applications for risk management
Alexis Donald, Holger Meinke, Brendan Power, Matthew Wheeler and Joachim Ribbe

The use of Climatic Data Generator to cope with Daily Climatic Data Scarcity in Simulation Studies
Rizaldi Boer, Perdinan Rakiso and A. Faqih

Applying climate information to enhance wheat based farming in rain-fed areas of Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Asim, Holger Meinke and Nafees Sadiq Kisana

Can smallholder farmers benefit from seasonal climate forecasts?
James Hansen

The Use of Global Climate Forcing for Rainfall and Yield Prediction in Indonesia: Case Study at Bandung District
Rizaldi Boer, Ismail Wahab, Perdinan and Holger Meinke