Adaptation for crop agriculture to climate change in Cameroon: Turning on the heat

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-168

  Tingem, Munang ^a   Rivington, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cameroon; Climate change; Food security; Policies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MAIZE; SORGHUM; SOWING DATE; VULNERABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BAMBARA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58349098101     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-008-9156-3     Document Type: Article

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