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Climate and Agricultural Production in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Peter A. Huxley
Peter A. Huxley
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere Agricultural College, Uganda*
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The study of climate deals with the analysis of seasonal levels of various meteorological factors which influence us through the aerial environment. Short-term deviations from the expected climatic pattern are described as weather. In agriculture, a knowledge of both climate and weather is an essential basis for the adoption of any farming system and practical farmers all over the world have discovered, by trial and error over long periods of time, patterns of farming suited to their respective climatic areas. In many cases today these farming patterns are no longer economically feasible or socially acceptable and, with the present urgent need for increased agricultural production in the developing countries, there is not time for a leisurely approach to the problem of modifying the systems or finding new ones.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , April 1965 , pp. 81 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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