CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN - THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE RESEARCH INTO THE EXPECTED EFFECTS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION F B Lauckner Executive Director (Ag)/Biometrician Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute St Augustine, Trinidad

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CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN - THE NEED FOR
IMMEDIATE RESEARCH INTO THE EXPECTED EFFECTS ON
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONF B LaucknerExecutive
Director (Ag)/BiometricianCaribbean Agricultural
Research and Development InstituteSt Augustine,
Trinidad
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Monthly means by decade for various
meteorological variables at Piarco, Trinidad
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Monthly means by decade for various
meteorological variables at Piarco, Trinidad
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HAPPENING NOW

• 1 Melting of ice in artic regions
• 2 Coastal erosion and storm surges in
  the Caribbean

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WHAT WE NEED TO DO

• 1 Research to find effects of changes in
  temperatures on agricultural products
• 2 Continue to analyse climatic data