Climate change and the current 'food crisis'

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gregory, Peter J ^a   Ingram, John S I ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Climate variation; Crop production; Food security; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866727348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20083099     Document Type: Review

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