Intro. -- Agrometeorological aspects of drought and desertification -- Incidence, prediction, monitoring and mitigation measures of tropical cycles and storm surges -- Assessing the economic and social impacts of extreme events on agriculture and the use of meteorological information to reduce adverse impacts -- Assessing the impact of extreme weather and climate events on agriculture, with particular reference to flooding and heavy rainfall -- Hail, high winds and cold injury -- Locusts -- Specification for a database of extreme agrometeorological events -- Conclusions and recommendations.
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