Prospects for wheat production under changing climate in mountain areas of Pakistan - An econometric analysis

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 494-501

  Hussain, Syed Sajidin ^a   Mudasser, Muhammad ^a  

^a Global Change Impact Studies Centre   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chitral; Climate change impact; Growing season length; Mountain areas; Pakistan; Swat; Transcendental model; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMETRICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWING SEASON; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; MOUNTAIN REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHITRAL; EURASIA; NORTH-WEST FRONTIER; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SWAT VALLEY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34047100756     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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