Evaluating production risks for wheat producers in Beijing

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-211

  Zhang, Qiao ^a   Wang, Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Risk assessment; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955111526     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371011044306     Document Type: Article

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