Using satellite remote sensing data in a spatially explicit price model: Vegetation dynamics and millet prices

Land Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-357

  Brown, Molly E ^a   Pinzon, Jorge E ^a   Prince, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMINE; FOOD SECURITY; MAP; MILLET; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 44649083250     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.84.2.340     Document Type: Article

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