The response of grain production to changes in quantity and quality of cropland in Yangtze River Delta, China

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 480-489

  Liu, Guilin ^a,b,d   Zhang, Luocheng ^a   Zhang, Qian ^c   Musyimi, Zipporah ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cropland change; Grain production; Irrigation area; Soil fertility; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

SOIL; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CEREALS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS; SEEDS; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CEREALS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSING; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS; SEEDS; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84922419776     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6745     Document Type: Article

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