Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-360

  Cairns, Jill E ^a   Hellin, Jon ^b   Sonder, Kai ^b   Araus, José Luis ^c   MacRobert, John F ^a   Thierfelder, Christian ^a   Prasanna, B M ^d  

^a CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation agriculture; Drought stress; Germplasm improvement; Heat stress; Maize; Seed delivery systems; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; GERMPLASM; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84883603626     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-013-0256-x     Document Type: Review

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