Agriculture production's sensitivity to changes in climate in South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Blignaut, James ^a   Ueckermann, Liza ^b   Aronson, James ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture production; Climate change; Drought; Rainfall; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECONOMETRICS; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; RAINFALL; SURFACE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67149138031     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v105i1/2.4     Document Type: Article

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