Indian agriculture and climate sensitivity

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-154

  Kumar, K S Kavi ^a   Parikh, Jyoti ^b  

^a MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Climate sensitivity; Indian agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRICE DYNAMICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0035013196     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(01)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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