Quantifying production losses due to drought and submergence of rainfed rice at the household level using remotely sensed MODIS data

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-235

  Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul ^a   Gumma, Murali K ^b   Mishra, Ashok K ^c,d   Mohanty, Samarendu ^d  

^a CIMMYT   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Drought; Farm household; MODIS data; Rainfed rice; Remote Sensing; Submergence

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MODIS; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; RICE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBMERGENCE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84930182675     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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