The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Jones, Peter G ^a   Thornton, Philip K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

CERES maize; Crop modelling; DSSAT; MarkSim; Poverty; Risk

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; FOOD SUPPLY; FUTURE PROSPECT; MAIZE; MODELING;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038025698     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(02)00090-0     Document Type: Review

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