Effects of climate change on the yield and cropping area of major food crops: A case of Bangladesh

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 898-915

  Ruhul Amin, Md ^a,b   Zhang, Junbiao ^a   Yang, Mingmei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate change; Drought; Flood; Food security; Major food crops; Sustainable agricultural development; Yield and cropping area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD SECURITY; HUMIDITY; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BANGLADESH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84922463435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7010898     Document Type: Article

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