eprintid: 3650
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
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creators_name: Virmani, S M
creators_name: Sivakumar, M V K
creators_name: Reddy, S J
icrisatcreators_name: Virmani, S M
icrisatcreators_name: Sivakumar, M V K
icrisatcreators_name: Reddy, S J
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Climatic classification of semi-arid tropics in relation to farming systems research 
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.8
full_text_status: restricted
pres_type: paper
abstract: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has a mandate to increase and stabilize the agricultural production of these areas. The region is characterised by a highly variablelow
seasonal rainfall. A number of generalized climatic classification approaches have been reviewed; of these, the approach suggested by Troll to distinguish climates is important. The dry semi-arid tropics need to be mapped on the basis of the large volume of rainfall and evaporation data that is currently available. This paper points out that agroclimatic classification of the semi-arid tropics
aims at addressing specific problems like risk to crops/cropping patterns, likelihood of intra- and inter-seasonal droughts, and adequacy of soil moisture in the seeding zone for dry seeding. The selection of criteria for each classification should be based on empirically derived parameters
date: 1980
date_type: published
pagerange: 27-44
event_title: Climatic classification: a consultants' meeting 
event_location: ICRISAT Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, 
event_dates: 14-16 Apr 1980 
event_type: conference
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Virmani, S M and Sivakumar, M V K and Reddy, S J  (1980) Climatic classification of semi-arid tropics in relation to farming systems research.  In: Climatic classification: a consultants' meeting , 14-16 Apr 1980 , ICRISAT Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, .     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/3650/1/Climate_classification_of_the_semi-arid_tropics.pdf