How reliable are crop production data? Case studies in USA and Argentina

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-459

  Sadras, V O ^a   Grassini, P ^b   Costa, R ^d   Cohan, L ^c   Hall, A J ^e  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Programa de Política Fiscal CIPPEC   (Argentina)

^d Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas y Ecologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acreage; Maize; Production; Soybean; Statistics; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATA SET; MAIZE; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

ARGENTINA; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84906326652     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0361-5     Document Type: Article

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