Extreme weather, food security and the capacity to adapt – the case of crops in China

Food Security

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 523-535

  Wei, Taoyuan ^a   Glomsrød, Solveig ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Autonomous adaptation; Chinese agriculture; Climate change; General equilibrium; Harvest; Precipitation; Yield

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; MAIZE; MARKET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84922658032     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0420-6     Document Type: Article

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