A method for spatially explicit assessment of potential risks of food insecurity

Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 325-333

  Wu, Wenbin ^a,b   Yang, Peng ^a,b   Tang, Huajun ^a,b   Zhou, Qingbo ^a,b   Chen, Zhongxin ^a,b   Shibasaki, Ryosuke ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Crop area; Crop yield; Food security; Per capita food availability; Per capita GDP

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650765499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22107843     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaspro.2010.09.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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