Changing the planting date as a climate change adaptation strategy for rice production in Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-111

  Dharmarathna, W R S S ^a   Herath, Srikantha ^b   Weerakoon, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; DSSAT; Planting date; Rice yield; SDSM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890887970     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0192-2     Document Type: Article

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