Climate Change and Asia
[Armenia] [Azerbaijan]
[Bangladesh] [Bhutan]
[Cambodia] [China]
[Georgia] [India]
[Indonesia] [Israel]
[Japan] [Jordan]
[Kazakhstan] [Kyrgyz
Republic] [Lao People's Democratic Republic]
[Lebanon] [Mongolia]
[Pakistan] [Papua
New Guinea] [The Philippines]
[The Republic of Korea] [Saudi
Arabia] [Singapore] [Sri
Lanka] [Taiwan] [Tajikistan]
[Thailand] [Turkmenistan]
[Uzbekistan] [Vietnam]
[Yemen]
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Cambodia
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China
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Georgia
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India
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Saseendran S. A., K.K. Singh, L.S. Rathore, S.V. Singh,
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rice production in the tropical humid climate of Kerala,
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Mehrotra, R. 1999. "Sensitivity of run-off, soil moisture,
and reservoir design to climate change in central Indian
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Indonesia
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Israel
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Japan
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Jordan
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Kazakhstan
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Pilifosova, Olga V., Irina B. Eserkepova, and Svetlana
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Kyrgyz Republic
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Lebanon
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Malaysia
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Mongolia
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Pakistan
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