Trends in maize, rice, and wheat yields for 188 nations over the past 40 years: A prevalence of linear growth

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 275-283

  Hafner, Sasha ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal yields; Global; Linear; National; Quadratic; Trends

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MAIZE; MODELING; RICE; WHEAT;

ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037970727     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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