Quantifying the impact of weather extremes on global food security: A spatial bio-economic approach

Weather and Climate Extremes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-108

  Gbegbelegbe, Sika ^a   Chung, Uran ^b   Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Msangi, Siwa ^c   Tesfaye, Kindie ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Developing world; Food security; IMPACT; Spatial bio economic modelling; Weather extreme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904745861     PISSN: 22120947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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