Grain production trends in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan: New opportunities in an increasingly unstable world?

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-166

  Lioubimtseva, Elena ^a   Henebry, Geoffrey M ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food security; global change; grain production; Kazakhstan; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 84864139570     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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