Land allocation conditioned on El Nino-Southern Oscillation phases in the Pampas of Argentina

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-212

  Messina, C D ^a   Hansen, J W ^b   Hall, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Expected utility; Risk

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODELING;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032803520     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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