Interpretation of climate change and agricultural adaptations by local household farmers: A case study at bin county, northeast China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1599-1608

  Yu, Qiang Yi ^a   Wu, Wen Bin ^a   Liu, Zhen Huan ^b   Verburg, Peter H ^c   Xia, Tian ^a   Yang, Peng ^a   Lu, Zhong Jun ^d   You, Liang Zhi ^e   Tang, Hua Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d HEILONGJIANG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Perception; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904150719     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60805-4     Document Type: Article

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