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Geography Colloquium: Weather, Climate and Crops; Forecasting and Commodity Simulation in the South East United States

Weather, Climate and Crops; Forecasting and Commodity Simulation in the South East United States Speaker: Mr. Fergus Keatinge PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, February 8, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Assessing air temperature trends in Mesoamerica and their implications for the future of horticulture

KEATINGE – Assessing air temperature trends in Mesoamerica and their implications for the future of horticulture J.D.H. Keatinge, P. Imbach, D.R. Ledesma, J. d’A. Hughes, F.J.D. Keatinge, J. Nienhuis, P. Hanson, A.W Ebert and S. Kumar Article first published online: 25 APR 2016 European Journal of Horticultural Science DOI: 10.17660/eJHS.2016/81.2.1 ABSTRACT: Average air temperature variation in the […]

11th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences

Three Geography graduate students recently gave presentations at the 11th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences, hosted by the Florida Society of the Social Sciences. Mr. David Hanson presented a paper titled “Exploring the Livelihood Vulnerability of Grenadian Households in a Peri-Urban Community” in Session III – The Human Factor: Nature and Environment. Mr. Ryan Good presented a paper […]

Dr. Fergus Keatinge

Email:  Fergus@ufl.edu Degree Program: PhD Supervisor: Dr. Peter Waylen Research Description: Implementation of improved climate models for the analysis and prediction of global agricultural commodity output, to ensure global food/nutrition security and to provide prediction data sets and improved insurance measures for use on the global futures markets.