Can climate-smart agriculture reverse the recent slowing of rice yield growth in China?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 196, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-136

  Xiong, Wei ^a,b,c   van der Velde, Marijn ^c,f   Holman, Ian P ^d   Balkovic, Juraj ^c,e   Lin, Erda ^b   Skalský, Rastislav ^c   Porter, Cheryl ^a   Jones, James ^a   Khabarov, Nikolay ^c   Obersteiner, Michael ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

China; Relative contribution; Rice; Simulation; Yield stagnation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FOOD SUPPLY; GROIN; GROWTH RATE; RICE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY;

CHINA;

EID: 84904093060     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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