Modelling impact of agro-drought on grain production in China

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-121

  Qin, Zhihao ^a,b   Tang, Huajun ^a   Li, Wenjuan ^a   Zhang, Hao ^c   Zhao, Shuhe ^b   Wang, Qiang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agro drought; Climate change; Food security; Grain production; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910049012     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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