AGROMETEOROLOGY PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE STUDIES IN AGRICULTURE

Аннотация

Dr. Harpal S. Mavi is a climate risk management consultant in Syd- ney, Australia. His work involves research in climate impacts on crops, insect-pests and crop diseases, and strategies for climate- related risk management. Before going into consultancy services, he was an agroclimatologist in the New South Wales Department of Ag- riculture. Earlier, he was Professor of Agrometeorology at Punjab Agricultural University in India where he taught climatology and agrometeorology for over two decades. Dr. Mavi has been the re- search supervisor of twenty postgraduate students majoring in agro- meteorology. In addition, he has been on the research advisory com- mittee of scores of students majoring in agronomy, soil science, soil and water engineering, entomology, plant pathology, and botany. He has advised numerous individuals and organizations in climate-re- lated risk management.