Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
University of the South Pacific (USP)
Publication Year:
2004
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
5 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35018
Legacy PEIN ID:
75021
General Notes
Available online|Published in the The South Pacific Journal of Natural Science 22 (2004)
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Effects - Agriculture
Environment - Protection - Samoa
Global warming - Effects - Agriulture
Abstract
This paper seeks to find a relationship between the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability and crop production. Precipitation and mean temperature were examined first to establish an ENSO relationship while primary sector macroeconomic and crops data were analyzed to note any significant variations in output linked to ENSO impacts of significant occurrence. Institutional strengthening and improved access to markets, both local and regional, and sector development programmes however have made this assessment difficult. Subsistence agriculture (and fisheries), said to the backbone and economic mainstay of Samoas primary sector, ideally the best source of ENSO impacts unfortunately remains the data poor sector.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
University of the South Pacific (USP)
Publication Year:
2004
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
5 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35018
Legacy PEIN ID:
75021
General Notes
Available online|Published in the The South Pacific Journal of Natural Science 22 (2004)
Record Created: 12-Sep-2008
Record Modified: 16-Dec-2020