Monitoring and Forecasting Drought and Famine.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Droughts.

Food relief.

Food supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1985.

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Summary:

Identifies and describes U.S. Government agencies and international organizations that are involved in monitoring and forecasting drought and famine, organizational units within each agency, and the interagency linkages that make up the U.S. system for monitoring and forecasting world food supply and demand conditions. Discusses extent to which agencies involved make use of advanced information technologies for monitoring and forecasting drought and famine. Addresses organizational and technological issues, and options for improving U.S. and international agency capacity to monitor and forecast drought and food emergencies.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Monitoring and Forecasting Drought and Famine

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