Modeling the effect of a heat wave on maize production in the USA and its implications on food security in the developing world

Weather and Climate Extremes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-77

  Chung, Uran ^a   Gbegbelegbe, Sika ^a   Shiferaw, Bekele ^e   Robertson, Richard ^b   Yun, Jin I ^c   Tesfaye, Kindie ^a   Hoogenboom, Gerrit ^d   Sonder, Kai ^a  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

DSSAT 4.5; Food security; Geo spatial crop modeling; Global maize price; HPC cluster

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GIS; HEAT FLOW; MAIZE; PRICING POLICY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84922418592     PISSN: 22120947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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