From the farmer to global food production: Use of crop models for climate change impact assessment

Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-72

  Iglesias, Ana ^a   Schlickenrieder, Jeremy ^a   Pereira, David ^a   Diz, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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