National food security in Bangladesh to 2050

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 633-646

  Mainuddin, Mohammed ^a   Kirby, Mac ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate change; Food security; Rice production; Wheat production

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; NATIONAL SECURITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

BANGLADESH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84930088352     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0465-6     Document Type: Article

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