The cost of accuracy in crop area estimation

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-38

  De Groote, Hugo ^a   Traoré, Oumar ^b,c  

^a Intl Maize/Wheat Improvement Ctr   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^c CRRA de Sotuba   (Mali)

Author keywords

Area estimation; Cost; Crop area; Error; Survey accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 13844306923     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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