Climate change impact assessment and adaptation strategies to sustain rice production in Cauvery basin of Tamil Nadu

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Geethalakshmi, V ^a   Lakshmanan, A ^a   Rajalakshmi, D ^a   Jagannathan, R ^a   Sridhar, Gummidi ^b   Ramaraj, A P ^a   Bhuvaneswari, K ^a   Gurusamy, L ^a   Anbhazhagan, R ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Agriculture; Climate change; Impact; Rice production

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053300731     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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