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According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability of temperature, precipitation, and wind. The IPCC defines an extreme climate event as an event that is rare within its statistical reference distribution at a particular place.

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Authors:	Hachigonta, Sepo ; Nelson, Gerald C. ; Thomas, Timothy S. ; Sibanda, Lindiwe M.
Other Persons:	Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor) ; Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) ; Thomas, Timothy S. (contributor) ; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele (contributor)
Published in:	Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis.
Subject:	Botswana \| Lesotho \| Malawi \| South Africa \| Mozambique \| Swaziland \| Zambia \| Zimbabwe \| Southern Africa \| Africa South of Sahara \| Africa \| Climate change \| Rainfall \| Droughts \| Irrigation \| Water management \| Adaptation \| Agriculture \| Poverty \| Gender \| Women \| Agricultural development \| Agricultural policies \| economic development \| Smallhoders \| maize \| rice \| Wheat \| sorghum \| millet \| Cassava \| Sweet potato \| soybean \| Potatoes \| Tobacco \| Groundnuts \| Pigeon peas \| Chickpeas \| Cowpeas \| Platains \| Sugarcane \| oil seeds \| Livestock \| Agricultural productivity \| crop yield \| General Circulation Models (GCM) \| Commodities \| food prices \| Education \| income \| Nutrition \| malnutrition

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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