Table of Contents

Prologue
1: Climate Variability in the Context of Climate Change: El Niño and Other Oscillations
2: Impacts of El Niño-La Niña Cycles: Systems and Sectors
3: Links to Agroecosystems: Processes and Productivity
4: Recent El Niños and Their Manifestations: Evolving Understanding
5: Analysis of El Niño Effects: Methods and Models
6: Seasonal Climate Predictions: Farmers, Planners, and Policy-makers
7: Regional Activities in a Global Framework: Developed and Developing Countries
8: Climate, Society, and Sustainable Development: Assessing Vulnerability, Building Adaptive Capacity
Epilogue

Reviews

"This excellent book provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of climate variability--principally the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)--on the health and productivity of agricultural systems around the world."--Choice