Assessing the vulnerability of food crop systems in Africa to climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-399

  Challinor, Andrew ^a   Wheeler, Tim ^a   Garforth, Chris ^a   Craufurd, Peter ^a   Kassam, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CROP MODELS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD CROP SYSTEMS; MACRO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CROPS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 34447100226     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9249-0     Document Type: Article

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