Climate change, adaptation and China's grain production

China Economic Review

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-89

  Zhou, Li ^a   Turvey, Calum G ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; China; Climate change; Production function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892986256     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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