Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-172

  Wood, Stephen A ^a   Jina, Amir S ^a   Jain, Meha ^a   Kristjanson, Patti ^b   DeFries, Ruth S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Agriculture; Climate change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVAR; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC ACCESS; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84898419609     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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