Pest-Smart Practices and Early Warning System under Climate Change (A Manual for Rice and Other Crops)

Costa A, Thanarajoo SS, Sivapragasam A. 2018. Pest-Smart Practices and Early Warning System under Climate Change (A Manual for Rice and Other Crops). Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

This manual is intended to provide simple and helpful information, especially to farmers and extension agents, in solving pests and diseases issues on rice production in the context of climate change. The publication tackles: the effects of climate change on agriculture; effects of climatic factors on the development of pests and diseases; and importance of an Early Warning System and the pest-smart interventions and recommendations to alleviate problems due to pests and diseases.