The dominance of cotton in the irrigated areas of Central Asia has long been criticized for its ecological effects on salinization and desertification. From an economic point of view, this monoculture ties producers to state procurement, has led to the recurrent mobilization of manual labour...

Climate Variability and the Global Harvest provides a comprehensive coverage of the interactions between the major climate oscillations - especially the El Niño -Southern Oscillation - and climate change, and agriculture. It describes climate system processes, effects of the major oscillations...

Climate variability in the context of climate change: El Niño and other oscillations -- Impacts of El Niño-La Niña cycles; systems and sectors -- Links to agroecosystems: processes and productivity -- Recent El Niños and their manifestations: evolving understanding -- Analysis of El Niño...