Effects of climatic and price uncertainty on the value of legume crops in a mediterranean-type environment

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-69

  Schilizzi, S G M ^a   Kingwell, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Farming systems; Legumes; Mediterranean; Risk; Whole farm models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; LEGUME; PRICE DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032960968     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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