Climate change and agricultural vulnerability: A case study of rain-fed wheat in Kairouan, Central Tunisia

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Mougou, Raoudha ^a   Mansour, Mohsen ^b   Iglesias, Ana ^c   Chebbi, Rim Zitouna ^a   Battaglini, Antonella ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Centre Regional de Recherches en Horticulture et Agriculture Biologique Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Agriculture; Climate change; Climate impact; Climate scenarios; Drought; Maghreb; North Africa; Rain fed wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79952104243     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0179-4     Document Type: Article

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