ABSTRACT
In developing nations, climate has its greatest impact in the zones of widest climatic variability—the warm, semiarid and subhumid zones, particularly the regions where monsoon rains prevail. At the sectoral level, the agroclimatologist can give climatic specifications to the plant breeder who is attempting to produce better-adapted varieties. At the sectoral level, climatic forecasts would enable fine tuning of the decision rules for release of reservoir waters. At the national level, both regional and global agroclimatic forecasts would be useful in setting procurement prices, planning and allocating resources for food imports, or planning and organizing for exports of agricultural products. Planners and decision-makers in the less developed nations should consider use of climatic information for the development of energy sources for agriculture. With the unprecedented growth of populations in developing countries, a transformation to market agriculture has become necessary. Market forces had little influence because the crops were not sold, but consumed within the village.
