Future productivity of fallow systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is the effect of demographic pressure and fallow reduction more significant than climate change?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1120-1130

  Gaiser, Thomas ^a   Judex, Michael ^a   Igué, Attanda Mouinou ^b   Paeth, Heiko ^c   Hiepe, Claudia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate scenarios; Crop yield; Fallow systems; Land use change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FALLOW; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79957530374     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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