The impact of climate change on maize yields in the United States and China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-353

  Li, Xiang ^b   Takahashi, Taro ^b   Suzuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Kaiser, Harry M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; China; Climate change; Econometric model; Maize yields; United states

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MAIZE; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953047276     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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