Implications of climate change in sustained agricultural productivity in South Asia

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 79-94

  Lal, Murari ^a  

^a Climate Energy and Sustainable Development Analysis Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Climatic change and food security; Crop simulation models; Net cereal production; South Asia; Water availability for irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952107740     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0166-9     Document Type: Article

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