Predicting the yield of spring wheat by weather indices in finland: Implications for designing weather index insurances

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-286

  Pietola, Kyösti ^a   Myyrä, Sami ^a   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^b   Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Frost; Growing conditions; Instability; Precipitation; Risk management; Temperature; Weather index; Wheat; Yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455196191     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: 17951895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.6024     Document Type: Article

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