Design of agricultural insurance policy for tea tree freezing damage in Zhejiang Province, China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 713-728

  Lou, Weiping ^a   Sun, Shanlei ^b  

^a Xinchang Weather Bureau   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; INSURANCE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; TEA;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 84873114562     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0708-9     Document Type: Article

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