Yield trend estimation in the presence of farm heterogeneity and non-linear technological change

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-140

  Conradt, Sarah ^a   Bokusheva, Raushan ^a   Finger, Robert ^b,c   Kussaiynov, Talgat ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d S SEIFULLIN KAZAKH AGRO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Detrending yield data; Kazakhstan; MM estimator; Weather information

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXTREME EVENT; FARM; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WEATHER; WHEAT;

KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 84902180474     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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