Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation: Assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-61

  Hyman, Glenn ^a   Fujisaka, Sam ^a   Jones, Peter ^a   Wood, Stanley ^b   de Vicente, M Carmen ^c   Dixon, John ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Child stunting; Drought; Farming systems; Risk; Staple food crops

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT STRESS; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; POVERTY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45449107757     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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