Quantitative analysis of agro-drought impact on food security in China

Journal of Natural Disasters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Li, Wen Juan ^a   Qin, Zhi Hao ^a,b   Lin, Lü ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agro drought; Drought severity index; Food security; Grain loss

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; FOOD SECURITY; MODELING; NATURAL DISASTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77958488970     PISSN: 10044574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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